U. South Florida speaker discusses use of psychological autopsies

University Wire;  April 18, 2005 ;   Ryan Blackburn;   787 words ......importance. "Psychological autopsy is just one...uncertain, psychological autopsies are a means...validity of psychological autopsies. "There is...of what a psychological autopsy is, let alone...worked on the psychological autopsy, Ewing said...continued ...

'Psychological autopsy' can help explain death: a 16-item checklist can be...

Clinical Psychiatry News;  February 1, 2006 ;   Frieden, Joyce;   787 words ...MONTREAL -- A psychological autopsy can be helpful in...Law. The idea of a psychological autopsy began at the Los...conventional autopsy, a psychological autopsy does not focus on...problems with doing a psychological autopsy, she said. For one...Despite these issues, ...

EXPERTS DEBATE VALUE OF 'AUTOPSY' ON SUICIDE'S MIND

The Boston Globe;  December 7, 1987 ;   Alison Bass, Globe Staff;   787 words ......technique -- the psychological autopsy -- in an effort...consistencies." Psychological autopsies have been...recently, psychological autopsies have been...first time a psychological autopsy has been used...unbearable psychological climate from...professionals who ...

MP urges Parliament to back coroners bill

South Wales Evening Post;  July 16, 2008 ;     203 words ......Government has been urged to introduce psychological autopsies in the upcoming Coroners Bill...you considered the usefulness of psychological autopsies, especially where there have perhaps...what may lie behind the problem?" Psychological autopsies involve interviews with ...

The psychological autopsy as a tool in student affairs

Journal of College Student Development;  July 1, 1998 ;   Grieger, Ingrid; Greene, Paul;   787 words ......and not optimally effective. The Psychological Autopsy: General Guidelines and Procedures...students, the construct of the psychological autopsy (Schneiderman, Farberow, &...the campus. Traditionally, the psychological autopsy reconstructs the psychological...

Suicide, physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in men versus women...

Ethics & Medicine;  April 1, 2002 ;   Kaplan, Kalman J; Harrow, Martin; Schneiderhan, Mark E;   787 words ......93 cases, we have administered a psychological autopsy to friends and relatives of the...1990 to February 2, 1997. This psychological autopsy technique has been widely used...all in Michigan). Measures. The psychological autopsy involved collection of interview...

Psychological autopsy: researching maternal suicide.

Royal College of Midwives-Evidence-Based Midwifery;  June 1, 2007 ;   Sinclair, Marlene;   491 words ......PubMed revealed the most common research method to be 'psychological autopsy'. This was first described by Schneideman and Faberow...research knowledge in this area, and perhaps even replace psychological autopsy with a new midwifery research approach. References Appleby...

Suicide Cases in New Brunswick From April 2002 to May 2003: The Importance...

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry;  August 1, 2006 ;   Séguin, Monique; Lesage, Alain; Chawky, Nadia; Guy, Andrée; Et al;   787 words ......the deceased. Method: We used 2 psychological autopsy methods: direct proxy-based interviews...depression, addiction problems, psychological autopsy Suicide is a major public health...psychopathology in suicide completers is the psychological autopsy (3). Under this proxy-based ...

Spector trial: Row over use of diary

Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  June 1, 2007 ;     271 words ......Medical examiner Louis Pena said he had not considered a "psychological autopsy" on Ms Clarkson as he had concluded her death was a homicide...Spector's suburban mansion more than four years ago. "We do a psychological autopsy only at the request of the family when it's ruled a suicide...

Psychiatric `autopsy' related in girl suicide

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 21, 1987 ;     358 words ......psychiatrist testified in a landmark case Tuesday that a "psychological autopsy" showed a mother contributed to the suicide of her 17-year...attempt at age 13. Defense lawyers said testimony on a "psychological autopsy" has never before been admitted into a criminal child...

The pathology of trauma

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  December 1, 2001 ;   Ohr, Joseph S;   681 words ......scarcely mentioned. The chapter on "Psychological Autopsy" is also new to this edition. It...techniques used in performing the psychological autopsy and explains how the information...of the necessary elements of the psychological autopsy. In a sister chapter titled "The...

Study: Wife Caused Own Death

Albuquerque Journal;  December 3, 2004 ;   Isabel Sanchez Journal Staff Writer;   646 words ......who died in 1995, a third one, a "psychological autopsy," was introduced Thursday at the...illnesses entirely. Rapaport said a psychological autopsy is like any other psychological...objected numerous times to the psychological autopsy as riddled with hearsay, insisted...

Mom guilty of abuse in suicide of Fla. teen

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 31, 1987 ;     459 words ......The case set another precedent when Franza allowed a "psychological autopsy" of the dead girl admitted into evidence. The prosecution...teenager, and a Harvard psychiatrist who provided the "psychological autopsy." Dr. Douglas Jacobs, who based his retrospective analysis...

`Psychological autopsy' gives insight into Columbine killers.(The Gazette)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  April 15, 2002 ;   Bortnick, Barry;   787 words ......school massacre in U.S. history. But a newly completed psychological autopsy of the pair gives insight into their murderous rage...A team of threat assessment experts who developed a psychological autopsy of Columbine killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold outlined...

`Psychological autopsy' gives insight into Columbine killers.

The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  April 14, 2002 ;     787 words ......school massacre in U.S. history. But a newly completed psychological autopsy of the pair gives insight into their murderous rage...A team of threat assessment experts who developed a psychological autopsy of Columbine killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold outlined...