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Decades of Suicide Research: Wherefrom and Whereto?

  • Lester D
Kluwer Academic Publishers, (2006), 9-16
DOI: 10.1007/0-306-47233-3_2
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In this essay, the author addresses each of the major areas of suicidology research, reviews its contribution to our understanding of suicide, and makes suggestions for the future. Topics include: sociological studies of suicide; physiological approaches to understanding suicide (genetics, brain studies); psychiatric research; psychological studies; family studies; preventing suicide; past innovators; and future directions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)

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Lester, D. (2006). Decades of Suicide Research: Wherefrom and Whereto? In Suicide Science (pp. 9–16). Kluwer Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47233-3_2

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