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Danger periods for suicide in patients under treatment1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

J. B. Copas
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Essex, and Runwell Hospital, near Wickford, Essex
D. L. Freeman-Browne
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Essex, and Runwell Hospital, near Wickford, Essex
A. A. Robin
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Essex, and Runwell Hospital, near Wickford, Essex

Synopsis

Using statistical methods, the hypothesis that suicide occurs either at the beginning or at the end of a spell of treatment is shown to fit the available data.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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