Citation

Ak M, Özmenler KN, Özşahin A. Anadolu Psikiyatri Derg. 2009; 10(4): 332-335.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Cumhuriyet Universitesi, Publisher ScopeMed-GESDAV)

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Abstract

Two kinds of investigations can be done about the reasons of the completed suicides: epidemiologic and psychological autopsy. Psychological autopsy is a method that judicial records, psychiatric and other health attainments, information gathered during talking with person's family and other people related, are joined to find out people's personal profiles. The sufficiency of content of sources that will be examined and the reaching people from whom the information will be gotten, are the most important methodical problems in studies of psychological autopsy. The present psychological autopsy studies in Turkey will be examined with psychological autopsy studies in the literature.

Language: tr

Keywords

human; suicide; Suicide; Turkey; cause of death; Psychological autopsy; review; psychologic assessment; social behavior; peer group; Turkey (republic); access to information; family relation; psychological autopsy; life history; social background; wrongful death