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Suicidology

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suicidology /su·i·ci·dol·o·gy/ (soo″ĭ-sīd-ol´ŏ-je) the study of the causes and prevention of suicide.
suicidology
[so̅o̅′isīdol′əjē]
Etymology: L, sui + caedere + Gk, logos, science
the study of the prevention and causes of suicide. suicidologist, n.

Suicidology
The formal multidisciplinary study of suicide and suicidal behaviour


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The researchers collected the data for the study from a larger National Institute of Drug Abuse 15-year study of youth in a Seattle-area school district that looked at risk factors for marijuana and cigarette use, binge drinking, depression and past suicidal behaviour The study will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidology.
 
 
 
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