TY - SER AU - Logan, Joseph E. AU - Walsh, Sabrina AU - Patel, Nimeshkumar AU - Hall, Jeffrey E. TI - Homicide-followed-by-suicide incidents involving child victims PY - 2013/// KW - CHILD HOMICIDE KW - CHILDREN KW - DATA ANALYSIS KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - FILICIDE KW - HOMICIDE KW - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE KW - JUSTICE KW - MEN KW - MENTAL HEALTH KW - PERPETRATORS KW - PREVENTION KW - SEPARATION KW - SUICIDE KW - WOMEN KW - UNITED STATES N1 - American Journal of Health Behavior, 2013, 37(4): 531-542 N2 - Objectives: To describe homicide-followed-by-suicide incidents involving child victims Methods: Using 2003–2009 National Violent Death Reporting System data, we characterized 129 incidents based on victim and perpetrator demographic information, their relationships, the weapons/mechanisms involved, and the perpetrators’ health and stress-related circumstances. Results: These incidents accounted for 188 child deaths; 69% were under 11 years old, and 58% were killed with a firearm. Approximately 76% of perpetrators were males, and 75% were parents/caregivers. Eighty-one percent of incidents with paternal perpetrators and 59% with maternal perpetrators were preceded by parental discord. Fifty-two percent of incidents with maternal perpetrators were associated with maternal psychiatric problems. Conclusions: Strategies that resolve parental conflicts rationally and facilitate detection and treatment of parental mental conditions might help prevention efforts. (Authors' abstract). Record #6545 UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4699178/pdf/nihms745423.pdf UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.37.4.11 ER -