BACKGROUND: Matricide is the killing of one's own mother, and a type of homicide rarely seen on psychiatric practice. Matricide cases studies have shown the presence of mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, personality disorders and alcoholism, and have also found cases where there is no evidence of mental disorders. OBJECTIVE: We aim to report a case of a woman with bipolar disorder that m...
Introduction: Schizophrenia has as a main finding a strong loss of contact with reality through the loss of the ordinary forms of ideas. It is common the appearance of immeasurable ambitions which can lead to megalomania as well as the appearing of persecution deliria. Methods: Interview with patient, bibliographical review and revision of medical records. Case Report: A homeless patient who had her first crisi...