Article: Identifying clients at risk for filicide-suicide.(ISSUES IN THERAPY)

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Mental health professionals have a legal, ethical, and moral duty to warn when they suspect clients may be a danger to themselves or others. An individual's risk of violence is based on a synergistic combination of certain historical experiences and behaviors, environmental and situational conditions, as well as personality traits and trends. It is a determination that is difficult to make, and is especially challenging when attempting to identify the propensity of a parent for filicide-suicide (F-S).

Filicide: the killing of one's son or daughter

Assessing for F-S is not merely a matter of determining the propensity for ...

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