Psychological Autopsy: A Case Report That Motivation of Suicide Was Determined In Autopsy

A psychological autopsy of a geriatric suicide.

Suicide in Hong Kong: a case-control psychological autopsy study.

BACKGROUND The relative contribution of psychosocial and clinical risk factors to suicide among Chinese populations is an important issue. In Hong Kong, this issue requires vigorous examination in light of a 50% increase in suicide rate between 1997 and 2003. METHOD Using a case-control psychological autopsy method, 150 suicide deceased were compared with 150 living controls matched by age an...

Suicide in doctors. A psychological autopsy study.

OBJECTIVES Doctors are at higher risk of suicide than many other occupational groups. This study was conducted to investigate factors associated with suicide in doctors. METHOD Psychological autopsy study of 38 working doctors who died by suicide in England and Wales between January 1991 and December 1993. RESULTS Psychiatric illness was present in 25 of the doctors. Depressive illness and ...

Psychological autopsy study of suicide in Karachi.

We congratulate Khan et al for their study on suicide, a topic that, to our knowledge, has not been formally studied in Pakistan. Their findings are very significant. First, 96% of suicide victims had a diagnosable psychiatric condition with a very high prevalence of depression. We know that depressive illnesses are steadily rising; in 2001, the World Health Organization warned that by 2020 dep...

Psychological autopsy study of suicide in Karachi

We congratulate Khan et al for their study on suicide, a topic that, to our knowledge, has not been formally studied in Pakistan. Their findings are very significant. First, 96% of suicide victims had a diagnosable psychiatric condition with a very high prevalence of depression. We know that depressive illnesses are steadily rising; in 2001, the World Health Organization warned that by 2020 dep...