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The social correlates of suicide in Hungary in the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

D Lester  and
F Moksony
D Lester
Affiliation:
Center for the Study of Suicide, RP41, 5 Stonegate Court, Blackwood, New Jersey08012, USA; Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
F Moksony
Affiliation:
Center for the Study of Suicide, RP41, 5 Stonegate Court, Blackwood, New Jersey08012, USA; Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Summary

Social indices of social integration, such as divorce, were more successful in predicting the suicide rates of the elderly in the provinces of Hungary than they were in predicting the suicide rates of young adults.

Keywords

suicideelderlyHungaryyouth
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Original article
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European Psychiatry , Volume 9 , Issue 6 , 1994 , pp. 273 - 274
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 1994

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