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Personality Characteristics of Attempted Suicides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

K. S. Vinoda
K. S. Vinoda*
Affiliation:
All India Institute of Mental Health, Bangalore–11, India
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The aim of this study is to describe by means of certain psychological tests various personality characteristics of those who have made suicidal attempts and to see how they differ from other psychiatric patients and from normals who have not made such attempts at suicide.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 112 , Issue 492 , November 1966 , pp. 1143 - 1150
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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