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FOCAL SUICIDE

NCJ Number
30080
Editor(s)
W G ECKERT
Date Published
Unknown
Length
36 pages
Annotation
THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY COVERS THE FORMS OF FOCAL SUICIDE AND THEIR MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS; FOCAL SUICIDE IS SELF DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR MANIFESTED AGAINST A BODY PART RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR MUTILATION.
Abstract
FOCAL SUICIDE INCLUDES SELF-MUTILATIONS, MALINGERING, POLYSURGERY, PURPOSIVE ACCICENTS, IMPOTENCE, AND FRIGIDITY. SUBJECT AND AUTHOR INDICES PRECEDE THE 679 CITATIONS. AN EXTENSIVE INTRODUCTION MORE FULLY DEFINES THE PHENOMENON OF FOCAL SUICIDE.