TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Classification of attempted suicide: a review of empirical studies, 1963-1993
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Kerkhof, J. F.
A1  - Arensman, Ella
SP  - 46
EP  - 67
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
N2  - A review was carried out on empirical studies on the classification of attempted suicide over the period 1963-1993. Our aim was to investigate whether there is research evidence for a valid classification of homogeneous subgroups of suicide attempters. After assessment of the research quality, 32 studies were selected for comparison. Although there is lack of consistency among the studies, indications were found for two clearly distinguished subgroups characterized by mild and severe suicide attempts, which constitute the opposite poles of a one-dimensional concept of severity.
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SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -