Citation

Hernández-Viadel M, Guillem-Miralles JL, Pérez-Prieto JF, Leal-Cercós C. Psiquiatr. Biol. (Barcelona, Spain) 2006; 13(1): 30-34.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/s1134-5934(06)75335-0

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The negative consequences of caring for relatives with dementia have been well documented. However, data are lacking about violence involving caregivers, usually spouses, who kill the patient and sometimes attempt or commit suicide. In the present article we review this topic, in which depression in the perpetrator, usually a man, plays an important role.

Language: es

Keywords

human; violence; Depression; homicide; suicide; Violence; depression; review; Alzheimer disease; caregiver; Homicide-suicide in the elderly