Discerning suicide in drug intoxication deaths: Paucity and primacy of suicide notes and psychiatric history.
Ian R H RockettEric D CaineHilary S ConneryGail D'OnofrioDavid J GunnellTed R MillerKurt B NolteMark S KaplanNestor D KapustaChrista L LillyLewis S NelsonSandra L PutnamSteven StackPeeter VärnikLynn R WebsterHaomiao JiaPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Without psychological/psychiatric evidence contributing to manner of death classification, suicide by drug intoxication in the US is likely profoundly under-reported. Findings harbor adverse implications for surveillance, etiologic understanding, and prevention of suicides and drug deaths.