title: Letters from a suicide.
abstract: A linguistic analysis of a series of letters written by a young man who died by suicide to 1 friend over a period of 2 years prior to his death revealed several trends, including a decrease in negative emotion words and an increase in death words. The implication of these trends was discussed.
authors.affiliation: Howard University, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Donna Holland
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: Foluso Williams
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Lawal-Solarin
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015709:Correspondence as Topic; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology