A Description of Behavioral Patterns of Coping with Life Events in Suicidal Patients

  • C. Thomssen
  • H.-J. Möller
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Abstract

Whenever a person attempts to commit suicide, the people in his environment generally search for the reasons for this act. One would first ask about the relationships of the attempted suicide to events in his preceding history.

Keywords

Stress Intensity Attempted Suicide Suicidal Patient Preceding History Factor Analysis Study 
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  • C. Thomssen
  • H.-J. Möller

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