TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Switching suicide methods in order to achieve lethality: a study of Greek suicide victims
JO  - Death studies
A1  - Paraschakis, Antonios
A1  - Michopoulos, Ioannis
A1  - Douzenis, Athanassios
A1  - Christodoulou, Christos
A1  - Lykouras, Lefteris
A1  - Koutsaftis, Filippos
SP  - 438
EP  - 442
VL  - 38
IS  - 7
N2  - This article focused on the relation between the method of last attempted suicide and the method used during the subsequent completed suicide. Using the method of psychological autopsy, the authors studied all suicide cases from the Athens Greater Area during a 2-year period. Twenty-four percent of the victims had history of previous suicide attempts. The majority of the suicide attempters switched to a different method (p < 0.001) for their final act. This difference is primarily due to the individuals who had chosen self-poisoning or wrist cutting in their last attempted suicide. Both of these groups switched to hanging or jumping from a height for their final attempt. Individuals who attempted suicide by hanging or jumping became completers using mainly the same methods.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0748-1187
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2013.780111
ID  - ref1
ER  -