Domestic violence, separation, and suicide in young men with early onset alcoholism: Reanalyses of Murphy's data

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.