Ramchand Rajeev, Franklin Enchanté, Thornton Elizabeth, Deland Sarah, Rouse Jeffrey
a RAND Gulf States Policy Institute , New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.
b Orleans Parish Coroner's Office , New Orleans , Louisiana , USA.
Death Stud. 2017 Jul;41(6):368-375. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2017.1284956. Epub 2017 Jan 27.
To validate warning signs for suicide, researchers interviewed 20 respondents, representing 17 suicides in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, about characteristics of the decedent in the year, month, and days preceding the death. Decedents did exhibit behaviors consistent with existing warning signs, but these were rarely new behaviors present 7 days prior to the suicide but not previously. Research is needed to continue to test warning signs for suicide, and education campaigns that teach warning signs may not be relevant for preventing suicide among those in mental health treatment or involved in the criminal justice system.
为了验证自杀的警示信号，研究人员采访了20名受访者，他们代表了路易斯安那州奥尔良教区的17起自杀事件，询问了死者在死亡前一年、一个月和几天内的特征。死者确实表现出了与现有警示信号相符的行为，但这些很少是自杀前7天出现而之前没有的新行为。需要继续开展研究来测试自杀的警示信号，而传授警示信号的教育活动可能与预防接受心理健康治疗或涉及刑事司法系统的人群自杀无关。
