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Anniversary Suicides: A Case Report
Abstract
Suicide and suicid attempts are one of theleading causes of mortality in the world. In orderto understand and prevent suicidal behavior,prenventive treatment strategies and risk factorsare being investigated. Since suicidal behaviorinvolves a complicated multifactorial process, abiopsychosocial approach is necessitated.Traumatic life events and commemorative daysor anniversaries related to those events may beamong the reasons leading to suicidal attempts.In this study, a 23 year-old male patient who witnessed his father’s being assassinated in frontof him and tried to commit suicide in the sameway on the anniversaries of his father’s death inthe next 2 years after the event is presented
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Primary Language
Turkish
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Authors
Ç. Hocaoğlu
This is me
Publication Date
September 1, 2009
Submission Date
September 1, 2009
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Year 1970 Volume: 17 Number: 3