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[A Narrative and Psychological Case Study of a Suicide in 1840: The Suicide of Pierre Rivière]
Mátyás Mészáros1, Dorottya Bíró2, Péter Osváth3
1Doctoral School of Clinical Neurosciences University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary;
Abstract:
In the following, we attempt to map the narrative and psychological moments of suicide in the multifaceted document compiled by Michel Foucault. Pierre Rivière murdered his mother, sister, and brother in 1835, and later, after writing his memoirs, committed suicide in prison. In the analysis, we examine the documents from the perspective of suicide: after an introduction, where we explain our method, we attempt to analyze Pierre Rivière's memoirs from these perspectives and then summarize. Keywords: suicide; psychiatry; psychology; narrative; Pierre Rivière.
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