Year: 1990 Source: Philadelphia, PA: The Charles Press, 1990. p.29-39 SIEC No: 19950384

The first part of this chapter provides a brief description of the development of the study of longitudinal patterns of suicide & other violent deaths (homicides & accidents). In the second section, a more detailed investigation is done of these longitudinal patterns with specific reference to demographics, prediction, & clinical correlations. (29 refs.)