Absolutism in the diary of a suicide.
The incidence of three words indicative of irrational thinking (perfect, always, and never) did not increase in the diary of a suicide over the course of the year preceding her suicide.
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Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, P.O. Box 195, Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA.
D000328:Adult; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012660:Semantics; D012718:Set, Psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D013850:Thinking; D014956:Writing