Vulnerability factors in Sylvia Plath's suicide

Death Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 597-613

  Shulman, Ernest ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MARRIAGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOURNING; NARCISSISM; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 0031684371     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/074811898201317     Document Type: Article

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