Letters from a suicide: Van Gogh and his sister.
An analysis of trends over a 3-yr. period in the letters of Vincent Van Gogh to his sister as the time of his suicide approached identified 8 trends, including an increase in words concerned with anxiety and words concerned with the past.
Lester
David
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Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA. lesterd@stockton.edu
D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D001293:Attitude to Death; D015709:Correspondence as Topic / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D049672:History, 19th Century; D008037:Linguistics / Q000379:methods*; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history*; D035781:Siblings / Q000523:psychology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology*