The effect of war on suicide rates
- 1 March 1993
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Archiv Fur Psychiatrie Und Nervenkrankheiten
- Vol. 242 (4) , 248-249
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02189971
Abstract
Summary An analysis of suicide rates in France from 1826 to 1913 indicated that suicide rates were lower during years of war than during years of peace. This effect was stronger for female suicide rates than for male suicide rates and seemed to hold both for major and minor wars.Keywords
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