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Parental Loss and Attempted Suicide: A Further Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

S. Greer*
Affiliation:
King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, S.E.5; Havelock Clink, Perth, Western Australia

Extract

A study of the relationship between attempted suicide and parental loss in childhood has been described in a previous publication (13).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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