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On the Causes of the Increase of Suicide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

William W. Ireland*
Affiliation:
Mavisbush, Polton, Midlothian

Extract

It would perhaps be allowable to take it for granted that the number of suicides has been steadily increasing in most of those countries which furnish us with trustworthy statistics, but after the discussion in Section E at the last meeting of the British Medical Association, I think it better to go over some of the reasons which have led me to subscribe to the view generally received by those who have carefully inquired into the subject.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1899

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