%0 Journal Article
%T Teenage suicide expressions: echoes from the past
%J International quarterly of community health education
%D 1989
%A Peck, Dennis L.
%V 10
%N 1
%P 53-64
%X A typology of suicide expressions gathered from official case records demonstrates the varied reasons individuals document to justify their acts of self-destruction. Intended to highlight the psychosocial conditions affecting the writer, the statements suggest these youthful committers reacted to external constraints and a perceived lack of succorance from significant others.
%G en
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 0272-684X
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/G396-C23J-QNYT-U32W