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The Association of Childhood Bereavement with Suicidal Attempt in Depressive Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Oscar W. Hill
Oscar W. Hill*
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, The Middlesex Hospital, London., W.1; Maudsley Hospital, London, S.E.5
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Among all the childhood influences that may affect individual development and contribute to breakdown in adult life, the quality of parental care has always appeared of paramount importance. The supposed sequelae of parents’ absence have been the subject of many studies, relating particularly to depression (Dennehy, 1966, and Hill and Price, 1967) and to attempted suicide (Greer et al., 1966). In the latter study a significant association was established between absence of either parent and a later suicidal attempt, especially if the absence started in the first five years of life.

Type
The Family as Background: Environmentally and Genetically
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 520 , March 1969 , pp. 301 - 304
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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