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Abstract: Neonaticide and pregnancy denial concepts have to be more precisely defined. These concepts do not give us any information about the psychical status of mothers during their acting-out. The history of court sentences, showing a wide disparity ranging from acquittal to life sentences reflects the difficulties in analysis of these concepts. This case study reports on the psychic state of a young woman at the time of her committal of neonaticide, after she had denied her pregnancy. The report discusses the hypotheses of brief psychotic trouble, dissociative trouble or acute stress state during her heteroaggressive act. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Hypothermia – an adverse drug reaction of antipsychotic drug use potentially severe – seems less well-known than the hyperthermic effects (for example, malignant neuroleptic syndrome) and thus underdiagnosed. Thermoregulation in elderly can be altered. Additionally, some patients suffering from schizophrenia are not able to control their own environment or physical status. Thus, risk factors for hypothermia must be identified and frequent measurements of body temperature must be performed in order to detect developing hypothermia. A case report of hypothermia in a 69 years old patient suffering from schizophrenia is published with this review. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]