!!!Selbstmord

Suicide, the act of taking one's own life voluntarily and 
intentionally. In Austria the suicide rate (number of suicides per 
100,000 inhabitants)dropped between 1983 and 1993 from 27,0 (2041 
cases) to 21,3 (1704 cases). Suicide prevention is an important 
concern of psychotherapy and clinical psychology. An Austrian pioneer 
in the field of suicide prevention who enjoyed a world-wide reputation 
was E.  Ringel.

!Literature
H. Pohlheimer, Selbstmord und Selbstmord-Verhuetung, 
%%sup 2/%1983; E. Ringel (ed.), Selbstmord-Verhuetung, %%sup 4/%1987; 
G. Sonneck, Krisenintervention und Suizidverhuetung, %%sup 2/%1991.


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