Autokabalesis
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Autokabalesis is a psychiatric term that refers to the choice of jumping from a raised structure or otherwise at a significant height to the ground. Autokabalesis can be an act of suicide or due to a psychiatric disorder.
Autokabalesis was studied in 1979 by Sims & O'Brien K.[1] A 1992 study found that many suicidal acts of autokabalesis were committed by young males who were unemployed and single.[2] A 1988 study of 28 persons hospitalized as a result of autokabalesis showed most fallers had serious psychiatric disorders.[3]
Examination of data from between 1990 and 1998 of suicide by autokabalesis within New York City showed the highest number of deaths were among those aged 65 and over (Abrams et al 2005).[4]