Contribution of Psychological Autopsy to the Understanding of Suicidal Behaviors in French Overseas Territories

Summary

The mains objectives of our project are to coordinate the monitoring of suicides and to identify common or specific suicide risk factors in four overseas DROM-COM (French Polynesia, La Reunion, French Guiana and Martinique) by comparing to a site in mainland France (Amiens). A mixed approach (quantitative and qualitative) will be used, based on semi-directed interviews of the psychological autopsy type.

Conditions

• Suicide
• Mental Disorders
• Prognostic Factors

Interventions

OTHER

other

The interviewers will collect data from relatives using questionnaires and evaluation grids based on an identification form, a Life Trajectory questionnaire, an anthropological evaluation grid, a retrospective psychiatric diagnosis questionnaire (SCID), a socio-demographic questionnaire, a questionnaire on suicide risks and a questionnaire on emotional state.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Department for Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics, French Health and Social Affairs Ministry, France

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• French National Institute for Health and Medical Research, MOODS Unit

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Clinical research and Innovation Office, Martinique

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• SOS KRIZ, Martinique

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Amiens University Hospital, France

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Suicide Prevention Resource Center, French Guiana

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Cayenne Hospital Center, French Guiana

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University Hospital, La Réunion

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Tahiti Hospital Center, French Polynesia

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Regional Health Agency, Martinique

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Regional Health Agency, French Guiana

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Regional Health Agency, La Somme

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Regional Health Agency, La Réunion

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University Hospital Center of Martinique

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• STEPHANE AMADEO, Pr · University hospital, Martinique

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-01-25

Primary Completion

2025-02-28

Completion

2025-04-30

Countries

• Martinique

Study Locations