Accident and Suicide: An Ongoing Study of Comparable Hospitalized Groups of Drivers Injured in One-Car Accidents and Survivors of Serious Suicide Attempts

This ongoing 3-yr study is concerned with the driver’s role in the accident situation, as it relates to his general personality type & life style, & to his current life situation & his psychological reactions to it. Hypothesizes that the accident victim group will be more like a comparable suicide group than a control group of appendectomy patients on a number of characteristics chosen to test 14 additional, more detailed hypotheses. Data are elicited through direct interviews with patients.