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The tragedy of maternal filicide has occurred throughout history and throughout the world. It is a complicated and multidimensional phenomenon with various characteristics, motivation, risk factors and patterns. Although it rarely happens that a mother kills her child, it can arouse dismay and a deep collective anguish. For this reason, when these crimes occur, the idea is of a mother certainly "mad", that killed because of mental disorder. Child murder by mothers is a public health concern. Mental illness clearly plays a role in filicidal acts. Then psychologists and psychiatrists have a key role in identifying women at risk during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

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Psychologist and cognitive psychotherapist,clinical criminologist and PhD in neuroscience.Expert in perinatal psychology and psychopathology.Consultant at Bergamo ATS for SalvagenteMamma screening project.Author of numerous scientific publications on filicide and maternal suicide and perinatal psychopathology.Speaker at international conferences.

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