Citation

Utriainen T, Honkasalo ML. Psykologia 1991; 26(4): 252-261.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Suomen Psykologinen Seura)

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Abstract

Discusses the content and psychoanalytic significance of 29 brief suicide notes written by women. The ritualized notes, which are part of the material of the Suicides in Finland 1987 project, are viewed as actions that express transition (dying-dead, ritual leader-mourner, and selflessness-self-identification) and initiation. (English abstract) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

females; Finland; Human Females; Psychoanalytic Interpretation; psychoanalytic perspective on ritualistic significance of suicide notes; Rites (Nonreligious); Suicide; Written Communication