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Citation

Acinas MP, Robles JI, Peláez-Fernández MÁ. Actas Esp. Psiquiatr. 2015; 43(3): 69-79.

Affiliation

Doctora en Psicología. Profesora del Departamento de Psicología Social, Antropología Social, Trabajo Social y Servicios Sociales Universidad de Málaga.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, STM Editores)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

25999154

Abstract

When a death occurs under traumatic, ambiguous, unknown, or uncertain circumstances, a death of suicidal origin can be considered. On many occasions, a suicide note is found next to body that helps to clarify certain aspects needed for the investigation to elucidate whether the death is really due to suicide or other causes. There are several types of suicide note (farewell, instructions, accusation of others, request for forgiveness, justification of one’s own suicide) that can contribute to the study of the victim’s psychological state and the circumstances that led to death. There is no unanimously approved way to conduct the psychological autopsy, but there are protocols for obtaining relevant information and preparing the report.


Language: en

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