| Description |
xi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction: definitions -- 2. Suicide from the perspective of cultural history -- 3. Legal aspects -- 4. Suicide in art -- 5. Incidence: statistical data -- 6. Suicide in the Nordic countries -- 7. Sex, age, marital status and social conditions -- 8. Methods used in suicide and attempted suicide -- 9. Suicide in physical illness and in general hospitals -- 10. Suicide in psychiatric illness -- 11. Suicide in psychiatric institutions -- 12. Psychological factors in suicide and attempted suicide -- 13. Suicide and biochemistry -- 14. The suicidal process -- 15. Assessment of the danger of suicide -- 16. Treatment -- 17. Consequences of surviving suicide -- 18. Preventive measures |
| Analysis |
Europe |
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Suicide |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index |
| Subject |
Suicide.
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| LC no. |
92039458 |
| ISBN |
0521420997 |
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