Psychological Autopsy of Suicide Victims between Interview Methods through Their Family Members versus Review of Their Police Investigation Records

최, 진화; 이, 구상; 유, 혜림; 서, 지혜; 김, 은지; 전, 홍진

doi:10.4306/jknpa.2021.60.1.61

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“…In this study, most of the deceased had shown a warning sign for suicide, but only one-fifth of the survivors recognized a warning sign from the deceased. In a previous Korean psychological autopsy study of 129 suicide deaths, 95.3% of suicide deaths were found to have had a suicide warning sign [43]. The Korean standardized Suicide Prevention Program on Intervention by gatekeepers was developed to train members of the community ("gatekeepers") to detect suicide risk groups, identify and evaluate risk factors and refer individuals to experts.…”

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Psychiatric and Psychosocial Factors of Suicide Decedents and Survivor of Suicide Loss: Psychological Autopsy Study of Incheon City in South Korea

Bae

Cho

Ryu

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In South Korea, the suicide rate is more than double the OECD average, and precise identification of the cause is required for suicide prevention. Psychological autopsy is used to reveal factors related to suicidal behavior; however, such studies are lacking in Korea. This study investigated the factors related to suicide using psychological autopsies in Incheon, a major city in Korea. In total, 46 cases were investigated using the Korea-Psychological Autopsy Checklist (K-PAC), and data on mental health conditions and psychosocial factors of suicide decedents and their families were analyzed. It was estimated that 87% of individuals of suicides had a mental health condition before death, but only 15.2% continued treatment or counseling. Most individuals who died of suicide showed warning signs before death, but only 19.6% of survivors of suicide loss noticed them. Mental health concerns before and after the death of the individual were also identified in more than half of their families. To prevent suicide, intensive and continuous treatment for psychiatric conditions and prompt recognition of active response to suicide warning signs are required. Care for the mental health of family members is also important.

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confidence: 99%

Psychiatric and Psychosocial Factors of Suicide Decedents and Survivor of Suicide Loss: Psychological Autopsy Study of Incheon City in South Korea

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Cho

Ryu

et al. 2022

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“…However, no work seems to have deepened this critic and the popularity of the method, illustrated for example by the production of the 'next generation' psychological autopsy (Conner et al 2011) might represent that this theoretical limitation is empirically irrelevant. The psychological autopsy's popularity for studying suicide begins in the middle of the 1980s (Shafii et al 1985), grows in the 1990s (Duberstein et al 1994;Hawton et al 1998;Appleby et al 1999) and explodes worldwide in the 2000s and after (Cheng et al 2000;Isometsä 2001;Phillips et al 2002;Cavanagh et al 2003;Hawton et al 2004;Zonda 2006;Bastia and Kar 2009;Yook et al 2020;Affleck et al 2020;Leenaars et al 2020;Zhu et al 2021;최et al 2021;Choi et al 2021;Zhou et al 2021). Finally, the important number of suicide studies relying on psychological autopsies becomes in the middle of the 2000s the raw material of several meta-analysis (Arsenault-Lapierre et al 2004;Yoshimasu et al 2008;Cavalcante and Minayo 2012;Richardson et al 2013;Too et al 2018;Conner 2019;Conner et al 2019).…”

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Analyzing suicide life stories on Wikipedia with Highway_star and other textual visualization tools

Lombardo¹,

Daly²

2021

SN Soc Sci

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Psychosocial characteristics of suicide deaths by regional types in Korea: An analysis based on population inflow and outflow

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2024

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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IntroductionThis study aims to investigate the psychosocial characteristics of suicide deaths in Korea according to population inflow and outflow, and to identify high‐risk suicide groups by regional type in order to establish tailored suicide prevention plans for each region.MethodsThe analysis included 4193 suicide deaths from four regional types in Korea. The data source was a comprehensive survey of suicide deaths through police investigation records from the Korean government. The analysis involved collecting demographic variables, suicide‐related variables, and stress variables at the time of death for suicide deaths in each region and conducting cross‐analysis and multinomial logistic regression analysis.ResultsAcross all regions, factors such as male gender, unemployment, hanging in one's own home, and mental health problems were prevalent. However, in population‐inflow urban areas, early‐middle age and economic problems were higher, in population‐outflow urban areas, late‐middle age and economic problems were more prominent. Additionally, in both inflow and outflow rural areas, there was a relatively higher proportion of old age and physical health problems.ConclusionsThis study is significant for confirming common and specific factors influencing suicide in each region, and for proposing considerations when formulating tailored suicide prevention plans for local communities.

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Psychological Autopsy of Suicide Victims between Interview Methods through Their Family Members versus Review of Their Police Investigation Records

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

Psychiatric and Psychosocial Factors of Suicide Decedents and Survivor of Suicide Loss: Psychological Autopsy Study of Incheon City in South Korea

Psychiatric and Psychosocial Factors of Suicide Decedents and Survivor of Suicide Loss: Psychological Autopsy Study of Incheon City in South Korea

Analyzing suicide life stories on Wikipedia with Highway_star and other textual visualization tools

Psychosocial characteristics of suicide deaths by regional types in Korea: An analysis based on population inflow and outflow

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