Suicide in classical mythology: Cues for prevention

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 384-391

  Preti, A ^a,b,d   Miotto, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Genneruxi Medical Center   (Italy)

^c ULSS 7   (Italy)

^d Centro Medico Genneruxi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Greek world history; Incest; Mythology; Narration; Prevention; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCEST; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYTHOLOGY; SUICIDE;

EID: 18144365451     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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