Avaliação da imputabilidade penal em casos de parricídio e filicídio associado a doença mental e perturbação da saúde mental

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  • Alexandre Martins Valença Professor Associado, Departamento Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, Universidade Federal Fluminense, UFF, Niterói, RJ; Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação, IPUB, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ; Coordenador do Departamento de Psiquiatria Forense, Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria, ABP, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5744-2112
  • Jose Brasileiro Dourado Junior Psiquiatra Forense, Médico Assistente do Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, UFPE, Recife, PE, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4142-7698
  • Milena Ferreira França Alexandre Professora, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade de Pernambuco, FCM, UPE, Recife, PE, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9214-9739
  • Antônio Geraldo da Silva Psiquiatra Forense; Pós-Doutor em Medicina Molecular; Professor da Faculdade Paulista de Ciências da Saúde, São Paulo, SP, Brasil; Presidente, Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3423-7076
  • Antônio Egídio Nardi Professor Titular, Psiquiatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Psiquiatria da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2152-4669
  • Lisieux Elaine de Borba Telles Professora, Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Vice-Coordenadora do Departamento de Psiquiatria Forense, Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria, ABP, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4105-5924

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25118/2763-9037.2026.v16.1589

Palavras-chave:

parricídio, filicídio, imputabilidade penal, saúde mental, psiquiatria, neurociencias, homicídio, assassinato, agressão, transtorno mental, transtorno de personalidade

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Alexandre Martins Valença, Professor Associado, Departamento Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, Universidade Federal Fluminense, UFF, Niterói, RJ; Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação, IPUB, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ; Coordenador do Departamento de Psiquiatria Forense, Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria, ABP, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

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Jose Brasileiro Dourado Junior, Psiquiatra Forense, Médico Assistente do Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, UFPE, Recife, PE, Brasil

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Milena Ferreira França Alexandre, Professora, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade de Pernambuco, FCM, UPE, Recife, PE, Brasil

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Antônio Geraldo da Silva, Psiquiatra Forense; Pós-Doutor em Medicina Molecular; Professor da Faculdade Paulista de Ciências da Saúde, São Paulo, SP, Brasil; Presidente, Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

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Antônio Egídio Nardi, Professor Titular, Psiquiatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Psiquiatria da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

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Lisieux Elaine de Borba Telles, Professora, Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Vice-Coordenadora do Departamento de Psiquiatria Forense, Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria, ABP, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

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Valença AM, Dourado Junior JB, Alexandre MFF, da Silva AG, Nardi AE, Telles LE de B. Avaliação da imputabilidade penal em casos de parricídio e filicídio associado a doença mental e perturbação da saúde mental. Debates Psiquiatr. [Internet]. 2º de abril de 2026 [citado 15º de abril de 2026];16:1-16, e1589. Disponível em: https://revistardp.org.br/revista/article/view/1589

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