What the Suicide's Choice of Method Signifies
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
- Vol. 11 (3) , 271-277
- https://doi.org/10.2190/13m5-ug3v-nfp3-elxm
Abstract
In order to explore correlates of choice of method for suicide, a sample of attempted suicides using cutting was compared with a sample of attempted suicides using coma-producing drugs. The cutters appeared to be more severely psychiatrically disturbed and less intent on dying. The implications of these results for the study of completed suicide were discussed.Keywords
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