Abstract

The Birthday Blues Revisited: The Timing of Suicidal, Homicidal and Natural Deaths

Lester D

Year: 1986 Source: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, v.73, no.3, (March 1986), p.322-323 SIEC No: 19870787

An analysis of 197 natural deaths, 208 suicides, & 331 homicides failed to find an excess of deaths of any of the 3 types around the birthday. Findings fail to replicate studies by B. Barraclough & D. Shephard ; P. Kunz ; & D. Shaffer. 3 refs.