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Suicidal age and childhood onychophagia among psychotic veterans
Author(s) -
Lee Sung Ho,
Weinlander Max M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197610)32:4<843::aid-jclp2270320425>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - injury prevention , poison control , suicide prevention , psychology , human factors and ergonomics , psychiatry , occupational safety and health , clinical psychology , medicine , medical emergency , pathology
The relationship between childhood onychophagia (fingernail biting) and the suicidal and nonsuicidal mean age among 150 hospitalized psychotic veterans was investigated. The results show that the suicidal mean age is significantly younger than the nonsuicidal mean age and that the childhood onychophagia variable “focal suicide” significantly lowers the mean age of suicidal veterans, but does not significantly lower the mean age of nonsuicidal veterans.