Abstract

HOUSSIER, Florian; MAURIN, Aurelie; PHEULPIN, Marie-Christine  and  COYER, Gilbert. Parricide and psychic violence in the family: a mother tells. Psicol. clin. [online]. 2017, vol.29, n.3, pp. 363-379. ISSN 0103-5665.

Based on the discourse of a mother who came to us for consultation, we take up the highlights of her narrative on the parricide committed by her adolescent son on her exhusband. Following her discourse, we explore the psychopathology of the parent-child bond to highlight the psychological violence which could have led to the son’s action. The dynamic hypotheses that emerge with regard to this parricide touch on mother-son complicity, the impossible mourning of the parental figures and the incestuous nature of familial ties.

Keywords : parricide; psychic violence; family; melancholia; incestuality.

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