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Suicide in Buenos Aires: Social and Cultural Influences (IN: Suicide in Different Cultures, ed. by N L Farberow)
Yampey N
Presents a comprehensive discussion of social & cultural aspects of suicide in Buenos Aires including historial transcultural processes in Argentina, historic evolution & causes of suicide, current suicide data, relationship between suicides & suicide attempts, substitutive forms of self-destructive behavior, alcoholism & drug addiction as correlative factors, attitudes & feelings toward suicidal behaviour, & treatment & prevention problems in mental health services. (44 refs.) (LH)