Citation

Rezende Leal J, Martins Valença A. Rev. Colomb. Psiquiatr. 2016; 45(2): 133-136.

Vernacular Title

Fratricidio y esquizofrenia.

Affiliation

Departamiento de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro; Instituto de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro (IPUB-UFRJ), Brasil. Electronic address: avalen@uol.com.br.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Sociedad Colombiana De Psiquiatria)

DOI

10.1016/j.rcp.2015.09.002

PMID

27132763

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Fratricide is the killing of one's own bother. It's a type of homicide rarely seen on psychiatric practice. This is still a theme which is poorly studied, and not well understood by the scientific literature.

OBJECTIVE: To report a case of a men, with paranoid schizophrenia that murdered his own bother and had a psychiatric forensic evaluation to establish his penal responsibility.

METHODS: A psychiatric interview was carried out and the psychiatric diagnosis was established based on the interview and analysis of forensic and medical records, using the DSM-IV-TR criteria. Literature review was held about the theme.

RESULTS: The examinee was considered not guilty by reason of insanity, due to the presence of a mental disorder that affected her entire understanding and volition of the practiced act.

CONCLUSIONS: The study of such cases may illustrate and identify motivating factors related to homicidal behavior in individuals with severe mental disorders.

Copyright © 2015 Asociación Colombiana de Psiquiatría. Publicado por Elsevier España. All rights reserved.

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