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Clinical assessment included a face-to-face interview with the Structured Clinical Interviews for DSM-IV Axis I and Axis II Disorders. Information on socio-economic, medical, and personal factors was collected using the Clinical Interview for DSM-IV and organized in a clinical vignette and OPCRIT ratings. Consensus best-estimate diagnoses were made according to DSM-V criteria. Inference was conducted using Fisher\u2019s exact test for categorical variables and Mann\u2013Whitney <jats:italic>U<\/jats:italic> rank test for continuous variables. Family history of violent death, psychotic symptoms (OR 8.3; CI 95% 2.26\u201336.13), severe insomnia (9.8; 2.28\u201361.75), and a schizophrenia spectrum or bipolar diathesis (4.8; 1.22\u201323.86) were associated with history of filicide. 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