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A Suicidal Family

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Khin-Maung-Zaw  and
K. M. Zaw
Khin-Maung-Zaw
Affiliation:
St John's Hospital, Aylesbury, Bucks HP17 8PP
K. M. Zaw
Affiliation:
St John's Hospital, Aylesbury, Bucks HP17 8PP
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The familial incidence of affective illness is well documented. Many studies have shown identical twins to be highly concordant for affective illness (e.g. Price, 1968; Tsuang, 1977). Suicide is strongly linked with affective disorder. However, few cases of both twins committing suicide have been described, and the family reported here, in which several other members also committed suicide by violent means, is thought to be of considerable interest.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 139 , Issue 1 , July 1981 , pp. 68 - 69
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