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Suicidal Behaviour in Depressive Illness

A Study of Aetiological Factors in Suicide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

H. J. Walton
H. J. Walton*
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, London, S.E.5; Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Cape Town
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Among factors held to be causally related to suicide are: (i) social isolation (1); (ii) social degeneration (2); (iii) parental deprivation (3, 4, 5). If these factors are aetiologically related to suicide, they should present prominently in that minority of depressive patients who attempt suicide. On the other hand, these factors should be found less frequently in non-suicidal depressive patients. The hypothesis that a factor is causally related will not be supported if it is found to occur as frequently among non-suicidal depressive patients as among those showing both depression and suicidal behaviour.

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Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 104 , Issue 436 , July 1958 , pp. 884 - 891
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1958 

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