Interesting! Of course, the usual caveats: This is a retrospective study -- no indication of predictive validity. Since it was published in an engineering bulletin, 'peer' review is questionable. Still waiting....
At 6:37 PM -0500 3/22/02, Beth Benoit wrote: >In a novel by Josephine Hart, a new favorite of mine, a reference was made >to Stephen Silverman's work at Yale on the subtle change in the sound of the >voice that is the first sign that an individual may be serious about >committing suicide. > >Naturally, my TIPS-inspired curiosity sent me to the web to find out if this >was fiction, and I found that it's not. I haven't taught Abnormal Psych. in >a while, so I guess I'm behind the times, but I thought this was >interesting. > >Silverman is a psychiatrist who is also a jazz pianist, and he thought he >detected a subtle change - a strange hollowness - in the voices of suicidal >patients. He set out to see if this was clinically verifiable - if it could >be measured. If so, perhaps it could be a warning signal. > >Silverman "identified several acoustic features in the voices of people >recorded shortly before they either took their own lives, or tried to do so >without success, that differentiate them from recorded voices of normal >individuals and those suffering from severe depression who are not >suicidal." He and his therapist wife set out to see if they could > >Here's the interesting description: > >http://frontweb.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/vuse_web/Newsletter/Vol42_No1/4201st21.htm * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Psychology Department 507-389-6217 * * "The University formerly known as Mankato State" * * http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html * --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
