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We often associate forensic medicine with death, but what relation does forensic psychiatry specifically has with death and dying? Even though most doctors would think that someone must be alive and talking to be examined by a psychiatrist, we know that all aspects of our life can be analyzed through a psychiatric gaze. Even dying. Sometimes it is the objective of a forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology experts – to retrace someone’s decision to commit suicide and explain it to the court. Today forensic psychiatry expert Vaiva Martinkienė tells us what relation forensic psychiatry has to suicide, what is the most important tool in this line of work and how do forensic psychiatry experts evaluate someone who is already gone.

Article Link: https://www.thenordicpsychiatrist.com/post/complex-forensic-psychiatric-and-psychological-autopsies-in-suicide-cases