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Catamnestic Studies on Patients Who Attempted Suicide: An Overview

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Current Issues of Suicidology

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The efficiency of suicide prevention measures has not been well established up to the present time. Many different reasons may contribute to this fact.

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  1. Psychiatrische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technischen Universität München, Ismanignger Str. 22, D-8000, München 80, Germany

    Hans-Jürgen Möller

  2. Psychiatrische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitäts-Nervenklinik, Füchsleistr. 15, D-8700, Würzburg, Germany

    Armin Schmidtke

  3. Abteilung Medizinische Psychologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Humboldtallee 3, D-3400, Göttingen, Germany

    Rainer Welz

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Wedler, H. (1988). Catamnestic Studies on Patients Who Attempted Suicide: An Overview. In: Möller, HJ., Schmidtke, A., Welz, R. (eds) Current Issues of Suicidology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73358-1_17

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