Psychological autopsy of suicide—a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Psychological autopsy is the reconstruction of events leading to death. There are few studies on psychological autopsy. AIM: To understand the profile of suicide completers and find out ways of dealing with it. METHODS: Fifty suicide cases were analysed. Using a semi-structured, self-des...

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Autores principales: Khan, Farooq Ahmed, Anand, B., Devi, M. Gowri, Murthy, K. Krishna
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2005
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Original Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2918303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20711285
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.55935
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Psychological autopsy is the reconstruction of events leading to death. There are few studies on psychological autopsy. AIM: To understand the profile of suicide completers and find out ways of dealing with it. METHODS: Fifty suicide cases were analysed. Using a semi-structured, self-designed questionnaire, the family, friends and relatives of the deceased were interviewed. RESULTS: The presence of some type of psychiatric disorder and stressful life events are two important reasons for committing suicide. CONCLUSION: Psychological autopsy is a very important tool for assessing the causes and precipitants of suicide. More and more studies in this field are required with a larger sample size for the evaluation of suicides.

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