Jacobson S, Bagley C, Rehin A
Psychol Med. 1976 Aug;6(3):417-21. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700015853.
A study has been made of cases coming before the Brighton coroner in the period 1970-2. Fifty cases in which a suicide verdict was recorded were specially studied, and relatives and acquaintances of the deceased were interviewed. The information thus obtained was compared with information available to the coroner in considering his verdict in 83 further cases in which he made a verdict of 'suicide'. The reliability of the contemporary information on which the coroner's decision is based was largely validated. A study was made of variables which differentiated 'suicide' from 25 'open' and 33 'accident' cases considered by the same coroner. The prevalence of depression did not differentiate 'suicide' and 'open' cases, and this finding contradicts suggestions that the association of depression and suicide might be an artefact of the method of arriving at a suicide verdict. A number of other demographic and clinical factors did however significantly vary between 'suicide', 'open' and 'accident' cases.
对1970年至1972年间提交给布莱顿验尸官的案件进行了一项研究。特别研究了记录有自杀裁决的50个案例，并对死者的亲属和熟人进行了访谈。将由此获得的信息与验尸官在考虑另外83个做出“自杀”裁决的案件的裁决时所掌握的信息进行了比较。验尸官做出决定所依据的当代信息的可靠性在很大程度上得到了验证。对同一位验尸官所考虑的区分“自杀”与25个“死因不明”和33个“意外”案例的变量进行了研究。抑郁症的患病率在“自杀”和“死因不明”案例之间没有差异，这一发现与抑郁症和自杀之间的关联可能是得出自杀裁决方法的人为现象这一观点相矛盾。然而，“自杀”、“死因不明”和“意外”案例之间在一些其他人口统计学和临床因素方面确实存在显著差异。
