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On the Mentality of those who Commit Suicide [Sulla Mentalità dei Suicidi]. (Il Manicomio, April, 1916.) Prof. Francesco Del Greco.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

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Sadness, or rather melancholy in the common acceptation of the word (I hardly think the word depression quite conveys the writer's idea), tedium vitó, and impulse, appear to Prof. Del Greco to be the most important elements in the mentality of an individual about to commit suicide.

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Part III.—Epitome of Current Literature
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