The Evaluation of suicide letters in Turkey from a cognitive perspective

Crisis

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 73-79

  Kurtaş, Ömer ^a   Boşgelmez, Şükriye ^a,b   Yaluǧ, Irem ^a   Birincioǧlu, Ismail ^c   Biçer, Ümit ^a   Aker, Tamer ^a   Gökbakan, Mehmet ^d   Işik, Sibel ^e   Yahşi, Serhat ^f  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Karadeniz University Medical School   (Turkey)

^d Silivri State Hospital   (Turkey)

^e Kizilay Medical Center   (Turkey)

^f Bolvadin State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cognition; Forensic medicine; Suicide notes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861705300     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000112     Document Type: Article

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