The Psychological Autopsy

A Roadmap for Uncovering the Barren Bones of the Suicide's Mind
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-89503-919-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 378 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 547 g

The best way to grasp the essence of death scene investigation (DSI) is to witness its application, called the psychological autopsy, by an expert forensic scientist/clinician. This remarkable book affords the opportunity to delve into the challenges that the forensic mental health specialist and public safety professional confront in DSI. Suicides, and often death, are complex, multidetermined events. People, whether police investigators or mental health professionals, are generally perplexed, and even confused, when they are confronted by the equivocal case. Was it a suicide? Homicide? Accident? These are critical questions. Dr. Leenaars shows that DSI is, however, not mysterious; the reader can learn the generally accepted, evidence-based protocols of the psychological autopsy. Illuminated by individual (idiographic) case studies and general (nomothetic) research, this definitive guide allows the investigator to uncover the bare bones of a suicide or death.

Zielgruppe

Professional and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leenaars, Antoon

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Beratungspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: Nomothetic Study 1. Suicide 2. The Many Faces of Death: Homicide, Homicide-Suicide, Self-Harm, and Accidents Part Two: Methods 3. The Nomothetic and Idiographic Approaches 4. The Psychological Autopsy (PA) 5. A Conversation with Edwin S. Shneidman on Suicide and the PA 6. Problems with the PA 7. How Many Informants are Needed? 8. Benefits for Informants Part Three: Idiographic Study 9. A PA: A Barren Bones Investigation 10. Documents in the Courtroom 11. The PA in the Courtroom Part Four: Discussion 12. What I Have Learned 13. Final Forgetting

Über Autor(innen)

Antoon A. Leenaars, PhD, CPsych, CPQ, a mental health, public health, and forensic psychologist, has conducted influential research on death and suicide, and was the founding editor in chief of the journal Archives of Suicide Research. Dr. Leenaars has provided forensic services in cases of wrongful death, suicide, homicide-suicide, homicide, and accidents.