Preoccupations with Death in “Normal” Children: The Relationship to Suicidal Behavior

This article discusses the role of death preoccupations in the diagnosis of childhood suicidal behavior. One hundred and one randomly selected school children, ages six to twelve years, and a parent were interviewed with a semistructured approach to determine characteristics of the child's beha...

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Published in:Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 1990-05, Vol.20 (3), p.205-212
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