Suicide by burning: a retrospective review of the Akron Regional Burn Center

At the Akron Regional Burn Center from January 1978 through March 1995, 36 cases of attempted suicide by burning were identified in 34 patients. The overall incidence rate was 1 per cent of all burn center admissions to this institution. Of these patients, 21 of 34 were male and 13 of 34 were female...

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Published in:Burns 1998-03, Vol.24 (2), p.147-149
Main Authors: Krummen, Donna M., James, Kelly, Klein, Robert L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Burn Units - statistics & numerical data
Burns
Burns - epidemiology
Burns - etiology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Incidence
Male
Medical sciences
Ohio - epidemiology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotic Disorders - complications
Psychotic Disorders - epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Suicide
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
Survival Rate
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Summary:At the Akron Regional Burn Center from January 1978 through March 1995, 36 cases of attempted suicide by burning were identified in 34 patients. The overall incidence rate was 1 per cent of all burn center admissions to this institution. Of these patients, 21 of 34 were male and 13 of 34 were female. There were 10 of 34 lethal cases. A high incidence of prior psychiatric illness was identified. In all, 22 of 34 patients had a prior psychiatric diagnosis. Depression was the most common psychiatric diagnosis by history. The method most commonly used was a flame with the addition of a flammable liquid. These results are presented, discussed and compared to a review of the literature on the topic.
ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/S0305-4179(97)00092-2