title: [Psychological autopsies in the study of suicide].
abstract: Psychological autopsies represent an essential method in the study of suicide and its determinisms. They are difficult to realize but a growing number of them have shown that a large majority of the suicide victims were suffering from mental disorders. Many of them had seen a doctor in the days or weeks preceding the suicide.
authors.affiliation: IPSO (Université Victor Ségalen Bordeaux II).
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
vernacular_title: Les autopsies psychologiques dans l'étude du suicide.