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Myrna M. Weissman

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1974;30(6):737-746.

Abstract
Although the suicide rate has been relatively stable in the United States and other countries over the last decade, there has been a marked increase in suicide attempts. A review of English language studies between 1960 and 1971 documents the increases, their magnitude and characteristics.

The striking international consistencies in the age, sex, personality of the attempters, as well as the social context and method of attempts, indicates that self-destruction in the young is a major public health problem for the 70s requiring new approaches at the level of primary prevention.

Author Affiliations
New Haven, Conn

From the Yale University School of Medicine and the Depression Research Unit, the Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, Conn.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Jan 18, 1974.

Reprint requests to the Depression Research Unit, Connecticut Mental Health Center, 100 Park St, New Haven, CT 06511 (M. Weissman).

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