Family Suicide
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 130 (2) , 159-161
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.130.2.159
Abstract
Summary: Five suicides in one family, mainly by burning, are reported. The ritualistic manner, closeness of events in time and absence of serious exogenous factors suggest the term ‘family suicide’.Keywords
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