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Suicide: The Clinical Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

David Maddison  and
Kenneth H. Mackey
David Maddison
Affiliation:
University of Sydney, N.S.W., Australia
Kenneth H. Mackey
Affiliation:
Adult Department, Tavistock Clinic, London
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In one of the outer suburbs of Sydney, along the jagged Pacific coastline, there is a high cliff known as “The Gap” which is notorious for the frequency with which it attracts, often fatally, the person with suicidal intent. Recently a young man entered a Sydney taxi-cab and asked to be driven to an address in the street which leads to this particular area. Having settled comfortably in the front seat he announced cheerfully to the driver, “Well, this is certainly going to be my last ride!” To his apparent surprise and annoyance, his cab promptly deposited him at the nearest police-station, from where he was removed, under considerable protest, to a psychiatric hospital for observation.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 112 , Issue 488 , July 1966 , pp. 693 - 703
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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