Citation

Farberow NL. Genet. Psychol. Monogr. 1950; 42: 3-79.

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(Copyright © 1950, Journal Press)

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Abstract

The feelings, attitudes, and perceptual responses of 64 suicidal males in a Veterans Administration Mental Hospital were compared with those of a matched group of non-suicidal patients. Patients who threaten suicide show extreme hostility, aggression, agitation, and irritability--their hostility appears to be largely directed toward the father or "father figure." Patients who have attempted suicide seem to be characterized "by a resigned sort of depression." They are more withdrawn and have a "less actively directed fantasy life." "There was also consistent indication that the accomplishment of an act intended as a means of destroying onself acts in an abreactive, apparently therapeutic manner upon the seriousness of the disturbance of the personality." 62-item bibliography. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)