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Suicidal Behaviour: An Attempt to Modify the Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Narcyz Lukianowicz*
Affiliation:
Holywell Hospital, Antrim, Northern Ireland

Extract

The aim of the present investigation is to consider the dynamics and the effects of suicidal attempts in 100 female patients admitted to Holywell Hospital in two consecutive years, 1962 and 1963. (Holywell is a psychiatric hospital of 750 beds situated in the town of Antrim, 17 miles north-west of Belfast. It serves County Antrim, which has a population of about 330,000.)

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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