Citation

Berman AL. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 1979; 9(1): 15-23.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

432903

Abstract

Twenty homicide-suicides, drawn from death records of three major eastern United States cities, were analyzed in comparison to prior studies and samples of homicide offenders and suicide victims. Results indicated a lower incidence for this event than reported previously and several distinguishing characteristics of the murderer who subsequently commits suicide. Two primary types, from the perspective of ego fusion, are discussed.