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The Relation of Alcoholism to Suicide in England, with Special Reference to Recent Statistics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

W. C. Sullivan
W. C. Sullivan*
Affiliation:
H.M. Prison, Pentonville
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In the following paper it is proposed to study the influence which alcoholism exerts upon suicide in this country, so far as that influence can be traced in recent statistics of the movement of these social phenomena. Our discussion will aim more particularly at determining the rôle which alcoholism may have played in the late increase of suicide in England, and at establishing the distinctive characters which constitute the type of alcoholic suicide.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 46 , Issue 193 , April 1900 , pp. 260 - 281
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1900 

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