Factors influencing the decision to use hanging as a method of suicide: qualitative study: qualitative study

Lucy Biddle; Jenny Donovan; Amanda Owen-Smith; John Potokar; Damien Longson; Keith Hawton; Nav Kapur; David Gunnell

doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.109.076349

Factors influencing the decision to use hanging as a method of suicide: qualitative study: qualitative study

Lucy Biddle, Jenny Donovan, Amanda Owen-Smith, John Potokar, Damien Longson, Keith Hawton, Nav Kapur, David Gunnell

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Hanging is the most frequently used method of suicide in the UK and has high case fatality (>70%).

Translated title of the contribution	Factors influencing the decision to use hanging as a method of suicide: qualitative study
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	320 - 325
Number of pages	6
Journal	British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	197
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.109.076349
Publication status	Published - Oct 2010

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