Personality and the Nature of Suicidal Attempts
- 1 July 1969
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 115 (524), 791-795
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.115.524.791
Abstract
Seventy women who made attempts at suicide were classified into serious (high risk) and non-serious (low risk) attempts on the basis of a modified Tuckman–Youngman Scale. A battery of psychological tests was given to provide eight measures. The principal results indicated that:Keywords
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