[Analysis of suicide notes form persons committing completed suicides].
OBJECTIVE
The present project is a descriptive research. Our aim was to analyse as thoroughly as possible the emotional content of suicide notes left by persons who committed suicide.


METHODS
Full texts of 250 suicide notes from 182 persons were content analysed. In total, we recorded 1375 'content units' in the letters, which could be classified into 62 categories.


RESULTS
The emotions expressed towards acquaintances were rather positive than negative. On the basis of the results, we can claim that suicidal persons accuse themselves rather than their acquaintances of the suicidal act. The unbearable psychological pain, hopelessness, frustrated states, negative self-image, exhaustion and ambivalent emotional states all appeared in the letters.


CONCLUSIONS
In our research sample, there is a type of suicidal person, who suffers from negative self-image, exhaustion, and shows positive emotions towards acquaintances. There is another type of person who has narcissistic resentment, sends negative messages towards acquaintances, and accuses them for his own suicide.
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Annamária
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Debreceni Egyetem, Pszichologiai Intezet, Szemelyiseg- es Klinikai Pszichologiai Tanszek, Pf 28, Debrecen 10, 4010 Hungary. antsade@citromail.hu
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015709:Correspondence as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012621:Seasons; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*