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A Suicide By Self-Immolation — Psychosocial Perspectives

Subhash C. Inamdar, M.D.

New York University Medical Center

Richard A. Oberfield, M.D.

Psychiatry New York University Medical Center

Evelyn B. Darrell, Ph.D.

Clinical Psychology New York University Medical Center

This paper reports on a case of suicide by self-immolation on the funeral pyre of the husband. The custom of Sati or widow-burning is reviewed historically and its meaning explored within the psycho-social setting of Hinduism. The contribution of developmental events and psychiatric illness is considered.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 29, No. 2, 130-133 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/002076408302900206
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