title: Suicide? Accident? Predictable? Avoidable? The psychological autopsy in jail suicides.
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.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Spellman
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authors: B
authors: Heyne
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D003219:Confidentiality; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services; D009042:Motivation; D009518:New York; D010380:Peer Review; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011330:Prisons; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention