Senior House Officer, Maudsley Hospital, London, UK.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2005 Apr;47(2):73-8. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.55935.
Psychological autopsy is the reconstruction of events leading to death. There are few studies on psychological autopsy.
To understand the profile of suicide completers and find out ways of dealing with it.
Fifty suicide cases were analysed. Using a semi-structured, self-designed questionnaire, the family, friends and relatives of the deceased were interviewed.
The presence of some type of psychiatric disorder and stressful life events are two important reasons for committing suicide.
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.
心理尸检是对导致死亡的事件进行的重构。目前,心理尸检研究较少。
了解自杀者的情况并寻找应对方法。
对 50 例自杀案例进行分析。采用半结构式、自行设计的调查问卷,对死者的家属、朋友和亲戚进行访谈。
存在某种类型的精神障碍和生活应激事件是导致自杀的两个重要原因。
心理尸检是评估自杀原因和促发因素的重要工具。需要进行更多的此类研究,并扩大样本量,以评估自杀事件。