Apocalyptic suicide: From a pathological to an escathological interpretation

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 198-210

  Dein, Simon ^a,b   Littlewood, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DISORIENTATION; GUYANA; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RELIGION; SCHIZOIDISM; SELF POISONING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIETY; SUICIDE; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ATTITUDE; CHRISTIANITY; CULTURE; HUMANS; ISLAM; RELIGION; SUICIDE; TERRORISM;

EID: 27144499791     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764005056762     Document Type: Article

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