Kr. Conner et al., Domestic violence, separation, and suicide in young men with early onset alcoholism: Reanalyses of Murphy's data, SUICIDE LIF, 30(4), 2000, pp. 354-359
Partner violence and partner separation at the time Of completed suicide we
re investigated in 42 male alcoholics originally described by Murphy (1992)
. Half of the men had domestic violence histories. Partner-violent men were
younger, had an earlier age of onset of alcoholism, and were more likely t
o be separated from their partner at the time of death than partner-nonviol
ent men. Loss of a close personal relationship, often a domestic partner, i
s common during the last year of life among alcoholic men completing suicid
e. Domestic violence appears to typify many of their domestic relationships
, particularly among younger men and men with early onset alcoholism.