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Psychiatry’s Susan Hatters-Friedman examines mental health defenses in maternal filicide cases

Media | August 29, 2026 | Story by: Editorial Staff

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Newsweek: Susan Hatters-Friedman, the Phillip J. Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at the School of Medicine and an adjunct professor at the School of Law, provided her expert for a story comparing maternal filicide cases 25 years apart and the role mental health issues play as a defense.