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Suicide linked to homicide

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This study (from Finland) showed that over a 15-year period the rate of suicide directly linked to homicide was the same in rural and urban areas. The rate proved to be no higher in underdeveloped areas than elsewhere. Only 17.5% of the offenders had undergone psychiatric hospital care. Schizophrenia and other paranoid psychoses appeared most frequently in the diagnoses.

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  1. Psychiatric Clinic of the Helsinki University Central Hospital, Lapinlahdentie 1, 00120, Helsinki 12, Finland

    Matti Virkkunen M.D. (forensic psychiatrist)

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Virkkunen, M. Suicide linked to homicide. Psych Quar 48, 276–282 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01584690

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