What Suicide Notes Teach Us about Experiences with Mental Illness and Mental Health Care
July 16, 2018
While mental illness is a risk factor for suicidal behaviour and many suicide decedents receive mental health care prior to death, there is a comparative lack of research that explores their experiences of mental illness and care. Suicide notes offer unique insight into these subjective experiences. Our study explores the following questions: “How are mental illness and mental health care experienced by suicide decedents who leave suicide notes?” and “What role do these experiences play in their paths to suicide?”
Research Article written by: Zainab Furqan, MD, BASc – Mark Sinyor, MD, FRCP(C), MSc. – Ayal Schaffer, MD, FRCP(C) – Paul Kurdyak, MD, FRCP(C) – PhD, Juveria Zaheer, MD, FRCP(C), MSc.
