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Last Words: Are There Differences in Psychosocial and Clinical Antecedents Among Suicide Decedents Who Leave E‐Notes, Paper Notes, or No Note?

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Only a minority of suicide decedents leave a suicide note. Typically, the notes are handwritten on paper; however, electronic suicide notes have been reported with increasing frequency. This emerging phenomenon remains generally under-researched. The aim of this study was to compare the psychosocial and clinical antecedents of suicide decedents who left E-notes with those who left paper notes or no notes. METHOD: The study was …

Authors

Eynan R; Shah R; Heisel MJ; Eden D; Jhirad R; Links PS

Journal

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 1379–1394

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

10 2019

DOI

10.1111/sltb.12514

ISSN

0363-0234