Book Review: Suicide in Alcoholism

Abstract

View all access options for this article.

Durkheim

. 1951. Suicide (1897), Edited by: Spading

and Simpson

. New York: Free Press.

Robins

, Murphy

G E

Wilkinson

R H

. 1959. Some clinical considerations in the prevention of suicide based on a study of 134 successful suicides. Am J Public Health, 49: 888–899.

Murphy

G E

, Armstrong

J W

Hermele

S L

. 1979. Suicide and alcoholism. Interpersonal loss confirmed as a predictor. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 36: 65–69.

Murphy

G E

and Wetzel

R D

. 1990. The lifetime risk of suicide in alcoholism. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 47: 383–392.