Postvention and Psychological Autopsy in the Suicide of a 14-Year-Old Public School Student.

Roberts, Jr., Walter B.

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ERIC Number: EJ500885

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Publication Date: 1995

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Postvention and Psychological Autopsy in the Suicide of a 14-Year-Old Public School Student.

Roberts, Jr., Walter B.

School Counselor, v42 n4 p322-30 Mar 1995

Examines a small rural public school's immediate and long-range postvention responses to a student suicide. Provides information from a psychological autopsy compiled in the months following the death. Discusses the implications of suicide postvention and the benefits of using a psychological autopsy approach as a postvention strategy. (RJM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Counselor Role, Family Influence, Guidance Objectives, Guidance Personnel, High Risk Students, Psychological Evaluation, School Counseling, School Counselors, Secondary Education, Suicide

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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