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Introduction:The psychological autopsy aims to reach an understanding on the psychological aspects of a specific death.Interview of relatives and friends require sensitivity to their emotional condition. Since Edwin Shneidman started to use this method, one of the most important questions is when to arrange the interview.Objective:To evaluate family and friends satisfaction with the interview, in order to determinate when is the best moment to settle the psychological interview.Methods:We studied the results of 271 suicides psychological interviews, and analyzed two variables: the satisfaction (measured using rating scale from zero to ten) and the time passed since the suicide.Results:The overall satisfaction was high (8´75), and the average time that we lasted to carry out the interview was 8´54 months.When we analyzed the satisfaction through the months, we did not find differences in the values of the rating scale.Discussion:Although the best time to contact friends and relatives has been established to be between 2 and 6 months after the suicide event, in our study we did not find any relation between the timing and the satisfaction.Conclusion:The results of this study show that the fact of when is the best moment to settle the psychological autopsy interview is still unclear.A better konwlodge about this could improve the satisfaction of relatives and friends with the psychologial autopsy.

Nutrient management adopting various decision-support tools plays a key role in obtaining better rice yield. Thereby, three nutrient management strategies; i.e., Regional Soil Laboratory (RSL), Rice Crop Manager (RCM), and Farmers' Fertilizer Practice (FFP) for lowland rice production were tested. The experiment was laid out in an RCBD with four treatments and three replications. The treatments were T0 = Control; T1 = RSL; T2 = RCM; T3 = FFP. Results revealed that rice plants under FFP applied with higher amounts of N, P2O5, and K2O significantly headed and matured late than unfertilized control and RSL but no significant difference from that of RCM. Rice plants under RCM developed significantly more productive tillers when compared to all other treatments except for RSL which produced a similar number of productive tillers. Rice plants under RSL obtained significantly higher grain yields but were comparable with RCM. The highest gross margin and highest return on investment (ROI) were obtained in plants under RSL with Php 65,226.73 ha -1 and 90.55%, respectively while the control plants obtained the lowest gross margin of Php 9,294.44 ha -1 . The nutrient requirements of NSIC Rc176H should follow both RSL and RCM for excellent growth, better yield, and higher income. Therefore, RSL and RCM nutrient management decision tools are strongly recommended for rice farmers' adoption to assure of achieving better yield, high gross margin, and equitable ROI under irrigated lowland ecosystems.