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. 1996 Fall;26(3):237-52.

Beyond the Tower of Babel: a nomenclature for suicidology

P W O'Carroll  1 , A L Berman, R W Maris, E K Moscicki, B L Tanney, M M Silverman
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  • PMID: 8897663

Beyond the Tower of Babel: a nomenclature for suicidology

P W O'Carroll et al. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 1996 Fall.

Abstract

Suicidology finds itself confused and stagnated for lack of a standard nomenclature. This paper proposes a nomenclature for suicide-related behavior in the hope of improving the clarity and precision of communications, advancing suicidological research and knowledge, and improving the efficacy of clinical interventions.

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