suicide cluster
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cluster
[klus´ter]a group of similar objects, events, or other elements in close proximity.
suicide cluster a group of suicides in which one seems to set off others.
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homicide/suicide cluster
Forensic psychiatry One or more homicides with the subsequent suicide of the perpetrator who typically is a ♂ married to, or living with, a ♀ in a relationship marked by physical abuse, who has a Hx of alcohol or substance abuse, and access to firearms. See Homicide, Suicide. Cf Postal worker syndrome.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
suicide cluster
An epidemic of suicides, within a defined location or a short time.
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