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Birthday blues: The association of birthday with self‐inflicted death in the elderly
Author(s) -
Barraclough B. M.,
Shepherd D. M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1976.tb00106.x
Subject(s) - blues , association (psychology) , psychiatry , psychology , medicine , gerontology , demography , history , psychotherapist , art history , sociology
An excess of deaths was observed in the 30 days before and after a birthday for a sample of self‐inflicted deaths aged 75 and over.