@article{ref1,
title="Nine suicide pacts. A clinical study of a consecutive series 1974-93",
journal="British journal of psychiatry",
year="1995",
author="Brown, M. and King, E. and Barraclough, B.",
volume="167",
number="4",
pages="448-451",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Suicide pacts are rarely discussed in the medical literature. We report here the medical and social aspects of a consecutive series of double or pact suicides. METHOD: Coroners' records were examined for 722 consecutive suicides. Data were extracted from them and from medical and psychiatric records. RESULTS: Nine pacts (2.5% of suicides) were located: 11 of the 18 people appeared to have been mentally ill at the time of death and three more had a history of mental illness. Five had a significant medical history (three cancer). CONCLUSIONS: Mental disorder is common in those who enter suicide pacts (mainly depression, with alcohol dependence rare). Motivations for suicide appear to be relief of mental disorder and pain.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-1250",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}