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Family Suicide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Fakhri Dabbagh
Fakhri Dabbagh*
Affiliation:
College of Medicine, Mosul University, Iraq
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Summary

Five suicides in one family, mainly by burning, are reported. The ritualistic manner, closeness of events in time and absence of serious exogenous factors suggest the term ‘family suicide’.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 130 , Issue 2 , February 1977 , pp. 159 - 161
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1977 

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