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Attempted Suicide in a Largely Rural Area During an Eight Year Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

H. I. Hershon
H. I. Hershon*
Affiliation:
Neuropsychiatric Unit, York. Naburn Hospital, York
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In recent years, a number of surveys of attempted suicides have been reported (Middleton et al., 1961; Sclare and Hamilton, 1963; Parkin and Stengel, 1965; Whitlock and Schapira, 1967). Other studies (Kessel, 1965; Oswald, 1966) have shown that the number of cases of attempted suicide has greatly increased in the last decade. Apart from one survey from Tasmania (Gold, 1965), all these have come from large urban or industrial communities.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 114 , Issue 508 , March 1968 , pp. 279 - 284
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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