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Time of day chosen for suicide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

B. M. Barraclough*
Affiliation:
MRC Clinical Psychiatry Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester
*
1Address for correspondence: B. M. Barraclough, F.R.A.C.P., MRC Clinical Psychiatry Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex, P019 4PQ.

Synopsis

An unsuccessful attempt to discover the variation in the time of day chosen for the suicide of 100 consecutive cases is described. The reasons for the failure are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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