title: An aeronautic suicide attempt (3). Suicide and self-destructive behavior in aviation.
abstract: Approximately 2-3% of all fatal air accidents may be attributed to suicide, and in many other accidents in aviation there are grounds for inferring that self-destructive or suicidal behavior was involved. Narcissistic personality traits are of paramount importance for the choice of this suicide method. Precursors include undetected depressions, alcoholism, and family problems of pilots.
authors.affiliation: Oberberg Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Hornberg, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mäulen
mesh_terms: D000057:Accident Proneness; D000060:Accidents, Aviation / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D000401:Aircraft; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention