Citation

Ritchie EC, Gelles MG. J. Forensic Sci. 2002; 47(6): 1370-1372.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12455666

Abstract

Psychological autopsies have been gathered by the US military for a long time, both for lessons learned after a known suicide and to investigate an equivocal death. The term "psychological autopsies" is now being restricted to define an investigation by mental health to help determine, in an equivocal death, if the manner of death is a homicide, suicide, an accident, or from natural causes. The Department of Defense has developed policy, and is now implementing training and peer review. A sample model curriculum, report format and quality assurance standards are included.

Language: en

Keywords

Autopsy; Cause of Death; Data Collection; Forensic Medicine; Forensic Psychiatry; Humans; Military Psychiatry; Quality Control; Suicide