An Examination of Shneidman's Application of Henry Murray's Classification of Needs to Suicidal Individuals - Centre for Suicide PreventionCentre for Suicide Prevention

Year: 1998 Source: Perceptual and Motor Skills, v.87, no.1, (August 1998), p.42 SIEC No: 20040024

30 suicidal deaths were examined for the presence of needs described by Henry Murray. The most common needs identified were harmavoidance & infavoidance. Other needs were rarely present & typically only in unusual suicides such as double suicides or seppuku. (3 refs)

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An Examination of Shneidman’s Application of Henry Murray’s Classification of Needs to Suicidal Individuals

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