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Human suicide: toward a diathesis-stress hypothesis

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Denys deCatanzaro
Denys deCatanzaro
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Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, LBS 4K1, Canada
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , June 1980 , pp. 283 - 290
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