Citation

Lester D. Acta Psychiatr. Scand. 1989; 79(5): 450-452.

Affiliation

Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2750545

Abstract

A study of 30 individuals who committed suicide whose biographies or autobiographies have been published revealed that 16 had experienced loss in childhood. There was an excess of loss caused by death and of fathers rather than mothers. Fourteen of the 16 losses occurred when the child was aged 6 to 14 (latency age).

Language: en