A Case of Suicide (IN: Suicide: The Gamble With Death, by Gene Lester and David Lester)

A psychological autopsy is presented to allow the reader to relate statistical & research material to real people. Information for this psychological autopsy was obtained through interviews with the deceased man’s girlfriend, his mother, & a close male friend. It is noted that the individual in question shared a number of characteristics with completed suicides as a group. (LH)