Method overtness, forensic autopsy, and the evidentiary suicide note: A multilevel National Violent Death Reporting System analysis.

OBJECTIVE:Higher prevalence of suicide notes could signify more conservatism in accounting and greater proneness to undercounting of suicide by method. We tested two hypotheses: (1) an evidentiary suicide note is more likely to accompany suicides by drug-intoxication and by other poisoning, as less...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Ian R H Rockett, Eric D Caine, Steven Stack, Hilary S Connery, Kurt B Nolte, Christa L Lilly, Ted R Miller, Lewis S Nelson, Sandra L Putnam, Paul S Nestadt, Haomiao Jia
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5963755?pdf=render