Abstract

The purpose of this study is to derive educational implications by analyzing changes in psychological autopsy research and the characteristics of the research, and to provide basic data in the field of psychological autopsy research. For the past 10 years, 24 research papers on the subject of psychological autopsy were analyzed according to the literature research method. The results of this study were as follows. First, the annual trend of psychological autopsy research was actively conducted around 2014 thanks to national policies, but the number of studies decreased due to limitations in the number of research data. However, in recent years, as the field of research has expanded to the humanities, research has been gradually activated. In the field of research, there were researchers with various careers and majors. The research subject is changing from a large number of cases to few specific people. In keywords by subject, psychology autopsy, psychological autopsy, suicide prevention, and suicide were derived as core keywords. Second, the characteristics of psychological autopsy research have recently been converted from literature studies to case studies, and psychological autopsy research has shown the greatest interest and utilization in social welfare and psychology. Third, the educational implications of psychological autopsy research are applied to suicide prevention education programs through literary works, suicide prevention education for adolescents through psychological autopsy of suicides, and reinforcement of education for those in charge of psychological autopsy.

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