Suicide? Accident? Predictable? avoidable? The psychological autopsy in jail suicides
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Psychiatric Quarterly
- Vol. 60 (2) , 173-183
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01064943
Abstract
The psychological autopsy is a timely adjunct to the suicide detection and prevention efforts emerging in many jails. These efforts can only be enhanced by a thorough review of what went right or wrong for a particular inmate. Conducted in a nonthreatening spirit of peer review, the psychological autopsy can provide staff with closure and new knowledge which will allow them to proceed more effectively and confidently in safeguarding other inmates.Keywords
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