Suicide by burns: a tragic end

Through the period of 20 months from May 1995 to December 1996, of the 759 patients who presented to the burn unit of Ain Shams University in Cairo Egypt, 23 had attempted suicide by self-immolation. 21 patients were females and 2 were males. The total body surface area burn ranged between 15 to 95%...

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Published in:Burns 1999-06, Vol.25 (4), p.337-339
Main Authors: Mabrouk, Amr R, Mahmod Omar, Abdel Nasser, Massoud, Karim, Sherif, Mahmod Magdy, El Sayed, Nahla
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anti-Infective Agents, Local - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Body Surface Area
Burns - etiology
Burns - pathology
Burns - therapy
Educational Status
Egypt
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Kerosene
Length of Stay
Male
Marital Status
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Poverty
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sex Factors
Silver Sulfadiazine - therapeutic use
Social Class
Suicide
Suicide - prevention & control
Suicide - psychology
Survival Rate
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Summary:Through the period of 20 months from May 1995 to December 1996, of the 759 patients who presented to the burn unit of Ain Shams University in Cairo Egypt, 23 had attempted suicide by self-immolation. 21 patients were females and 2 were males. The total body surface area burn ranged between 15 to 95% with a mean of 45% and the mortality rate was 73%. Kerosene was used by all the patients to ignite the fire.
ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00179-X