The Significance of the Method Chosen for Suicide in Understanding the Psychodynamics of the Suicidal Individual

The suicide notes of those using active and passive methods for suicide were compared for the presence of fifty classifications regarding such psychodynamics as perturbation, lethality, relations, self-cognitions, etc. The two sets of notes resembled each other closely. The lone difference was that those using active methods more often communicated that rejection by a significant other was a critical factor; however, this finding was not replicated with a different (and larger) sample.