Background
Murphy, George Earl was born on October 17, 1922 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of George Earl and Mary Ella Murphy.
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Suicide in Alcoholism 1st edition by Murphy, George E. (1992) Hardcover
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Suicide in Alcoholism
(Alcoholics commit about 25% of the more than 30,000 suici...)
Alcoholics commit about 25% of the more than 30,000 suicides per year in the U.S. This unique, revealing study discusses 50 actual cases of alcoholics who took their lives. The first part of the book covers the background of the study, the method of investigation, and the life histories. This leads to the identification of seven risk factors for suicide in alcoholics, none of them acute. Comparing those findings to the same factors in groups of living alcoholics shows that the risk factors are all more frequently present in the suicides than the living alcoholics. Moreover, they act in a cumulative fashion: the greater the number of factors present, the greater the risk of suicide. The case histories describe how both alcoholism and its suicidal outcome span the ranges of age, sex, race and socioeconomic characteristics. This accessible work offers a broad understanding of the determinants and predictors of suicide in alcoholics, and indicates practical measures to prevent these suicides.
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George Earl Murphy
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Student, University Washington, 1940-1942; student, University Portland, 1946-1947; Bachelor of Science, Oregon State University, 1949; Doctor of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1952.
Career
Intern, Alameda County Hospital, Oakland, California, 1952-1953; assistant resident in medicine, Alameda County Hospital, Oakland, California, 1953-1954; fellow in psychosomatic medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1954-1955; assistant resident in psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1955-1956; assistant resident in psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, 1956-1957; instructor school of medicine, Washington University, 1957-1959; assistant professor school of medicine, Washington University, 1959-1966; associate professor school of medicine, Washington University, 1966-1969; professor school of medicine, Washington University, 1969-1990; professor emeritus psychiatry, Washington University, since 1990. Director psychiatry clinic Washington University, 1976-1990, psychiatric student health, 1978-1983, coursemaster human sexuality, 1978-1990.
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Suicide in Alcoholism
(Alcoholics commit about 25% of the more than 30,000 suici...)
- Suicide in Alcoholism 1st edition by Murphy, George E. (1992) Hardcover
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Suicide in Alcoholism
Membership
Recipient Research award for Advances in Suicide Prevention American Suicide Foundation (now American Foundation Suicide Prevention), 1994. Louis I. Dublin award for research in suicide American Association Suicidology, 1995. National Institute of Mental Health grantee, 1963-1983, 85-88.
Fellow American Psychiatric Association (distinguished life). Member International Association for Suicide Prevention, American Psychopathol. Association, Sigma Xi.
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Married Amanda Daniel, March 24, 1976. Children: Paul Douglas, Bruce Kevin.
