Study Says Partner’s Suicide Raises Person’s Own Risk
Partners of people who have committed suicide have a higher risk of taking their own lives, according to research published Thursday.
Men who lost a partner to suicide were 46 times as likely to kill themselves, which is three times the risk of women in similar circumstances.
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Grohol, J. (2005). Study Says Partner’s Suicide Raises Person’s Own Risk. Psych Central. Retrieved on May 25, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2005/04/14/study-says-partners-suicide-raises-persons-own-risk/
Grohol, J. (2005). Study Says Partner’s Suicide Raises Person’s Own Risk. Psych Central. Retrieved on May 25, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2005/04/14/study-says-partners-suicide-raises-persons-own-risk/
