Year: 1980 Source: Psychiatria Fennica Supplement, (1980), p.251-257 SIEC No: 20030568

This article describes several areas of research that the Nordic Planning Group for Research on Suicide suggests are necessary in order to understand suicide in Nordic countries. These areas include: analysis of registration practice, principles & routines in Nordic countries; suicide in different clinical groups; suicide in youth; & sociocultural factors & suicide. Coordination between suicide researchers & the Group is summarized. (SC)