ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY Naked Suicide

Naked SuicideRobert I. Simon, MDSuicide attempts and completions by individuals while Naked remain unexplored, both by clinicians and in theprofessional literature. Nakedness at the time of the incident conveys important information about an individual smental state. Motivations for attempting or completing Suicide while Naked are discussed. Nakedness during asuicide attempt is presumptive evidence of high risk for Suicide completion. Deliberate self-harm, without intentto die, is not usually inflicted while Naked . The clinical and forensic implications of Naked Suicide are explored. Incompleted suicides, the state of dress, including partial undress and nakedness may provide important clues in apsychological autopsy. Forensic psychiatrists and treating clinicians who encounter Naked suicides are afforded aunique opportunity to advance our knowledge. Letters to the editor and case reports would stimulate discourseabout this little understood Am Acad Psychiatry Law 36:240 5, 2008 Naked came I out of my mother s womb, and Naked I shallreturn.

Naked suicide can be associated with any method of suicide; however, anecdotal evidence indicates that it occurs more frequently with hanging, over-dose, or drowning, but to a lesser extent in jumping deaths. With the exception of jumping, most naked suicides occur indoors. Naked suicide appears to be less common in sui-cides by gas asphyxiation.

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