Citation

Riddick L, Mussell PG, Cumberland GD. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1989; 10(1): 14-16.

Affiliation

Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, Mobile 36607.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2929536

Abstract

Eleven suicides in which the victim took his or her life while looking into a mirror are presented. The psychoanalytic implications of this extreme form of narcissism are discussed. Investigators should have a high index of suspicion of suicide in cases where a dead body is positioned in front of or near a mirror.

Language: en