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Differences between suicide victims who leave notes and those who do not: a 2-year study in Greece.
Paraschakis A, Michopoulos I, Douzenis A, Christodoulou C, Koutsaftis F, Lykouras L. Paraschakis A, et al. Crisis. 2012;33(6):344-9. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000150. Crisis. 2012. PMID: 22759663
BACKGROUND: Whether differences exist between those who do leave a suicide note and those who do not has not yet been comprehensively answered. Leaving a suicide note is not a random phenomenon: A minority, varying between 3-42%, of all suicide …
BACKGROUND: Whether differences exist between those who do leave a suicide note and those who do not has not yet been comprehe …
Who leaves suicide notes? A six-year population-based study.
Cerel J, Moore M, Brown MM, van de Venne J, Brown SL. Cerel J, et al. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2015 Jun;45(3):326-34. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12131. Epub 2014 Oct 13. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2015. PMID: 25308893
Popular culture insists on the significance of suicide notes, but research has yielded conflicting results about who leaves notes. Utilizing 6 years of suicides from a comprehensive statewide data surveillance system, differences were examined b …
Popular culture insists on the significance of suicide notes, but research has yielded conflicting results about who leaves …
Who Leaves Suicide Notes? An Exploration of Victim Characteristics and Suicide Method of Completed Suicides in Queensland.
Carpenter B, Bond C, Tait G, Wilson M, White K. Carpenter B, et al. Arch Suicide Res. 2016;20(2):176-90. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2015.1004496. Epub 2016 Jan 28. Arch Suicide Res. 2016. PMID: 26820702
The objective of this study is to address the question: are those who leave suicide notes representative of the larger population of those who commit suicide? ...Our overall results suggest that, and in support of previous research, the population who …
The objective of this study is to address the question: are those who leave suicide notes representative of the larger …
Last Words: Are There Differences in Psychosocial and Clinical Antecedents Among Suicide Decedents Who Leave E-Notes, Paper Notes, or No Note?
Eynan R, Shah R, Heisel MJ, Eden D, Jhirad R, Links PS. Eynan R, et al. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2019 Oct;49(5):1379-1394. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12514. Epub 2018 Oct 1. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2019. PMID: 30272376
OBJECTIVE: Only a minority of suicide decedents leave a suicide note. Typically, the notes are handwritten on paper; however, electronic suicide notes have been reported with increasing frequency. ...RESULTS: Of the 476 suicides fi …
OBJECTIVE: Only a minority of suicide decedents leave a suicide note. Typically, the notes are handwritten on pa …
A Quantitative and Qualitative Study of Notes Left by Youth Who Died by Suicide in Quebec from 1895 to 1985.
Ligier F, Michaud L, Kabuth B, Lesage A, Corriveau P, Séguin M. Ligier F, et al. Arch Suicide Res. 2020 Oct-Dec;24(4):554-567. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2019.1645068. Epub 2019 Aug 8. Arch Suicide Res. 2020. PMID: 31335304
The study of suicide notes and the evolution of their content could contribute to a better understanding of reasons conducive to suicide mortality and offer further prevention strategies. From 1895 to 1985, 706 coroner's inquests of individuals who died by …
The study of suicide notes and the evolution of their content could contribute to a better understanding of reasons conducive …
A Study of the Characteristics of Suicide Notes in China.
Li F, Lu X, Yip PSF. Li F, et al. Crisis. 2020 Jan;41(1):32-38. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000601. Epub 2019 May 29. Crisis. 2020. PMID: 31140317
Illnesses/pain was frequently mentioned by adults (33.4%) and older people (61.5%). Limitations: Many features of suicide notes, e.g., interpersonal features of suicides, were not examined. Conclusion: Education level might be a key factor influencing the lik …
Illnesses/pain was frequently mentioned by adults (33.4%) and older people (61.5%). Limitations: Many features of suicide notes …
The characteristics of those who do and do not leave suicide notes: is the method of residuals valid?
Haines J, Williams CL, Lester D. Haines J, et al. Omega (Westport). 2011;63(1):79-94. doi: 10.2190/OM.63.1.d. Omega (Westport). 2011. PMID: 21748922
Examination of 1,051 completed suicides from an Australian state showed that 33% left a suicide note. Those leaving a suicide note were more involved in interpersonal conflicts (including divorce), were less often psychiatrically disturbed, and were le …
Examination of 1,051 completed suicides from an Australian state showed that 33% left a suicide note. Those leaving a …
Late-life suicide: Insight on motives and contributors derived from suicide notes.
Cheung G, Merry S, Sundram F. Cheung G, et al. J Affect Disord. 2015 Oct 1;185:17-23. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.06.035. Epub 2015 Jun 25. J Affect Disord. 2015. PMID: 26142690
OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were: (i) to investigate the proportion of older people writing suicide notes in New Zealand; (ii) to compare the socio-demographic and clinical variables of older suicide note writers and non-note writers; and (iii) to perf …
OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were: (i) to investigate the proportion of older people writing suicide notes in New Zealan …
A comparison of suicide note writers with suicides who did not leave notes.
Callanan VJ, Davis MS. Callanan VJ, et al. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2009 Oct;39(5):558-68. doi: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.5.558. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2009. PMID: 19929155
There is disagreement in the suicide literature on the value of suicide notes as a data source, particularly regarding the extent to which suicide decedents who write notes differ from those who do not. ...The only differences found were that no …
There is disagreement in the suicide literature on the value of suicide notes as a data source, particularly regarding …
Intimation of intent in elderly fatal self-harm: do the elderly who leave suicide notes differ from those who do not?
Salib E, Maximous J. Salib E, et al. Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 2002;6(3):155-61. doi: 10.1080/136515002760276081. Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 2002. PMID: 24945202
More of those who took an overdose, used plastic bags, electrocuted themselves or used car exhaust fumes left suicide notes. Those who died by hanging, jumping from a height, immolation or wounding appeared equally likely to leave or not to leave a …
More of those who took an overdose, used plastic bags, electrocuted themselves or used car exhaust fumes left suicide notes. T …
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