Psychological autopsies are investigative methods used to understand suicide cases by examining social media, interviewing friends, and reviewing medical and psychological history, revealing that approximately 90% of individuals who complete suicide have underlying mental health challenges.
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Cavanagh's Military Mind: Unlocking Mental Health Secrets #shortsAdded:
As he embedded himself into military, right around 2003, this guy named Cavanaugh came on the scene. Everything you know about mental health is based on his work. I'm telling you. You read this book and Craig Bryan will explain it to you.
Everything that you think you know about mental health. And here's what he did.
He did 76 of these psychological autopsies. What do you mean, Tom? Well, if you have a someone that passes away, you do an autopsy.
Well, they can also do psychological autopsies, right? Somebody complete suicide, it's pretty hard to talk to them.
So, what do you do? You go back to their social media, you interview friends, maybe there's some medical history, maybe some psychological history. And here was his conclusion, that 90% of people that complete suicide are mentally ill, have mental health mental illness challenges.
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