The interpersonal nature of suicide: A qualitative investigation of suicide notes

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 352-365

  Sanger, Sandra ^a   Veach, Patricia McCarthy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpersonal themes; Suicide completers; Suicide notes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SUICIDE; WRITING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; WRITING;

EID: 53349100559     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110802325232     Document Type: Article

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