Exploring the Prevalence of Psychological Autopsy in Indian Context
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https://doi.org/10.37506/hrttpy93Keywords:
Psychological autopsy (PA), Equivocal deaths, Investigations, Forensic Psychologists.Abstract
Background: Psychological Autopsy is basically done in order to understand the cause of death in equivocal and
suicide death cases. It involves collecting information about the individual’s life history, mental health history, and
circumstances leading up to their death in order to gain insights into the complex factors that may have played a
role.
Methods: The main aim of this study is to find the prevalence of Psychological Autopsy (PA) in India and to know
how frequently is it being used as a means of investigation through close ended questionnaire of academicians,
forensic psychologists, practitioners and trainees in the field of mental health, this study seeks to discover outcomes.
Conclusion: The fact that the majority of mental health professionals had never heard the phrase psychological
autopsy, despite the fact that they had used it, was a significant weakness of this study.
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