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The Next Generation of Psychological Autopsy Studies: Part I. Interview Content

Conner, Kenneth R., Beautrais, Annette L., Brent, David A., Conwell, Yeates, Phillips, Michael R., Schneider, Barbara·2011·Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Abstract

The psychological autopsy (PA) is a systematic method to understand the psychological and contextual circumstances preceding suicide. The method requires interviews with one or more proxy respondents (i.e., informants) of decedents. The methodological challenges that need to be addressed when determining the content of these research interviews for PA studies are described and recommendations are made for meeting these challenges in future PA investigations. Ways to improve the data collected about mental disorders and life events—domains that are assessed in almost all PA studies—are discussed at length. Other understudied content areas considered include the role of personality traits, medical illness and functional limitations, availability of lethal agents, medications, and select distal variables including child maltreatment and family history of mental disorders and suicide. The benefits and challenges to using common protocols across studies are also discussed.

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Authors
Conner, K. R., Beautrais, A. L., Brent, D. A., Conwell, Y., Phillips, M. R., & Schneider, B.
Affiliations
Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
Venue
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2011-11-03
Volume
41
Issue
6
Pages
594-613
ISSN
  • 0363-0234 (ISSN-L)
  • 1943-278X
OpenAlex
W1925499189
Cited by
110
References
206
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FWCI
7.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
Keywords
psychological autopsy, suicide, mental illness, life events, personality traits, disease, functional limitations, medication, child abuse, family history of mental illness, family history of suicide, standardized protocols
MeSH terms
Mental Disorders, Humans, Interview, Psychological, Motivation, Suicide

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