Motives for suicide - A study of Australian suicide notes

Crisis

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-34

  Lester, David ^a   Wood, Priscilla ^a   Williams, Christopher ^b   Haines, Janet ^b  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motives; Suicide notes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAIN; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CORRESPONDENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE;

EID: 2442616823     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.25.1.33     Document Type: Article

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