Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! Rebecca Zahau was found with her hands and feet bound, mouth gagged, naked on the grounds of the Spreckels Mansion in Coronado, California, where she lived with her millionaire boyfriend, Jonah Shacknai, in July Coombs agreed, adding that a woman stripping nude before taking her own life is an exceedingly rare event. Just how often does it happen, however? Professional and academic literature on naked suicide is scarce. Cleopatra, the oft-mythologized queen of Egypt, was also usually depicted as nude or near-nude at the time of her death in 30 B. The queen is popularly understood to have died by allowing a poisonous snake to bite her; however, her method of death is far from settled fact, per Smithsonian Magazine. Monroe was found lying face down in bed, naked and clutching a telephone, when a psychiatrist who had been treating her broke into her room out of concern for her safety, according to a L. Times report. The L.
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Suicide attempts and completions by individuals while naked remain unexplored, both by clinicians and in the professional literature. Nakedness at the time of the incident conveys important information about an individual's mental state. Motivations for attempting or completing suicide while naked are discussed. Nakedness during a suicide attempt is presumptive evidence of high risk for suicide completion. Deliberate self-harm, without intent to die, is not usually inflicted while naked. The clinical and forensic implications of naked suicide are explored. In completed suicides, the state of dress, including partial undress and nakedness may provide important clues in a psychological autopsy. Forensic psychiatrists and treating clinicians who encounter naked suicides are afforded a unique opportunity to advance our knowledge. Letters to the editor and case reports would stimulate discourse about this little understood phenomenon.
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Skip to search form Skip to main content Skip to account menu You are currently offline. Some features of the site may not work correctly. Corpus ID: Naked suicide. Simon Published Medicine The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Suicide attempts and completions by individuals while naked remain unexplored, both by clinicians and in the professional literature. Nakedness at the time of the incident conveys important information about an individual's mental state. Motivations for attempting or completing suicide while naked are discussed.