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Some Notes on Conducting a Psychological Autopsy
Author(s) -
Rudestam Kjell Erik
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1979.tb00558.x
Subject(s) - autopsy , suicide prevention , poison control , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , medical emergency , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , pathology
This paper outlines procedures for conducting interviews with relatives of suicide victims or survivors of equivocal deaths, by means of the “psychological autopsy.” A number of methodological recommendations are made which deal with training interviewers, contacting survivors and using experimental controls.