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Suicide and attempted suicide have been recognised as one the most important public health problems which exist in all countries. The incidence has been on the increase. This fact has been observed since the beginning of the seventies in Spain. However, in our country, there have only been a few investigations about this problem.
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Montejo-Iglesias, M.L., Crespo-Hervás, M.D., Ramos-Brieva, J.A. (1985). Attempted Suicide: A Report on General Hospital Psychiatric Unit Patients. In: Pichot, P., Berner, P., Wolf, R., Thau, K. (eds) Clinical Psychopathology Nomenclature and Classification. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5049-9_162
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