Psychosomatic Medicine 5:188-194 (1943)
© 1943 American Psychosomatic Society

An Unexplained Death Coexistent with Death-Wishes

Pertinent factual data concerning a psychotic patient whose demise occurred in the midst of persistent and intense wishes to die, and in whom pre- and post-mortem studies of considerable completeness revealed no organic pathology considered adequate to explain his death, have been presented for their specific interest to the student of psychosomatic inter-relationships.

Note:
The author is indebted to Dr. Arthur H. Ruggles, Superintendent, Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, for permission to utilize data from the patient's hospital records in the preparation of this clinical note.