Citation

Lange E, Garten C. Psychiatr. Neurol. Med. Psychol. (Leipz) 1989; 41(4): 218-223.

Vernacular Title

Eltern-, Mutter- oder Vaterverlust in der Kindheit und suizidales Verhalten im

Affiliation

Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Neurologie der Medizinischen Akademie Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, S Hirzel Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2740462

Abstract

Information respecting loss of one or both parents in childhood was elicited at certain fixed intervals among 170 suicides and 200 each of attempted suicide cases, and hospitalised neurological and ophthalomological patients. It was discovered that among the cases of suicide and attempted suicide, cases where one or both parents were lost in childhood were 2 1/2 to 4 times more frequent than in the control groups. Especially notable is the high frequency of cases where the father was the lost parent.

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