Mental disorders in young and middle aged men who commit suicide

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Abstract
In the research phase of the national suicide prevention project in Finland all deaths between 1 April 1987 and 31 March 1988 that were officially classified as suicide (n=1397) were recorded and carefully analysed retrospectively by the psychological autopsy method.1 The definition of suicide was based on Finnish law—in every case of violent, sudden, or unexpected death the possibility of suicide is assessed by police and medicolegal examination. Data for psychological autopsies were collected from comprehensive interviews with relatives and health care staff; psychiatric, medical, and social agency records; police investigations; medicolegal examinations at necropsy and toxicological analyses; and suicide notes. Details of the methods have been published.1

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