Abstract
Non-fatal Suicidal Behaviour in Women – the Role of Spousal Substance Abuse and Marital Violence
Pillay A L~~van der Veen M B W~~Wassenaar D R
The authors investigated the precipitants of non-fatal suicidal behavior in women using a gender-based comparison. They found that significantly more married women than men cited spousal extramarital affairs, spousal alcohol abuse, & marital violence as precipitants of their self-destructive behaviors. (17 refs)