@article{ref1,
title="The views of Wilhelm Griesinger (1817-68) on suicidality or 'self-murder'",
journal="History of psychiatry",
year="2018",
author="Gnoth, Mareike and Glaesmer, Heide and Steinberg, Holger",
volume="29",
number="4",
pages="470-477",
abstract="To date, little attention has been paid to the fact that a whole section in Wilhelm Griesinger's textbook is devoted to suicidality. Griesinger perceived suicide as a distinct entity. In his opinion, only one-third of all suicides were committed by people suffering from mental disorders; heredity and brain anomalies could also be involved. Therapeutically, Griesinger recommended removing all potential means for suicide and admitting people at risk to a psychiatric hospital. Since his textbook was a standard work, his views reveal what young doctors could have learned about suicidality in German psychiatry of the second half of the nineteenth century.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0957-154X",
doi="10.1177/0957154X18793591",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957154X18793591"
}