Background:Death due to acute poisoning is of medical, legal and social significance. This study was designed to investigate lethal poisonings among dead bodies referred to a regional office of Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO). Methods:This was a retrospective descriptive-analytical study on dead bodies referred to Fars province regional office of ILMO in Shiraz, Iran, during April 20...

BACKGROUND The lethality of the suicide method employed is a strong risk factor for the completion of suicide. We examined whether annual changes in the pattern of suicide methods is related to annual changes in suicide rates in South Korea, the United States (US), and Finland. METHODS We analyzed annual data from 2000-2011 for South Korea and Finland, and 2000-2010 for the US in order to exa...

Poisoning by carbon monoxide from burning charcoal has become one of the popular and lethal ways of attempting suicide in Hong Kong. Survivors of the carbon monoxide poisoning often face acute and delayed adverse problems in both their physical and mental health. We report two cases of delayed onset neuropsychiatric complications caused by carbon monoxide poisoning from burning charcoal. These ...

conclusions this study demonstrates that the mental states associated with specific diseases should not be ignored in evaluating health states. although there are benefits to relying on expert panels and the general population in evaluating various health states, attention to the particular health states of the patients (taking into account their associated mental well-being) should also be uti...

International misclassification of suicide, particularly undercounting, has long been a scientific concern. An important question is whether official national suicide data are sufficiently reliable and valid to justify their use in international comparative studies or longitudinal intervention studies. Is cross-national variation in rates of suicide, in part or whole, an artifact of such factor...

background: hormonal changes as a factor influencing the emotional state of women have an important role in the incidence of suicide. the aim of this study is to investigate changes in fsh-lh, estrogen, and progesterone hormones in women attempting suicide by drugs and chemicals. methods: in this cross-sectional study, women of reproductive diagnosed with drug and chemical poisoning who were ho...

BACKGROUND Patients harm themselves for different reasons; some attempt suicide, others are more ambivalent and their actions can be regarded as acts of appeal. This presentation focuses on self-poisoning with special emphasis on prevalence, treatment and prognosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS The paper is based on 30 years clinical experience and research on patients with self-poisoning. RESULTS ...

Carbon monoxide poisoning as a suicide method is relatively uncommon in Malaysia. Available data reported that the rate for suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning accounted for less than 1% in Malaysia in 1995 and the figure remained the same in 2011 [1]. The health risks associated with carbon monoxide vary with its concentration and duration of exposure. The toxic effects range from subtle card...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the teratogenic effect of very large doses of nitrazepam in children born to pregnant women who attempted suicide and to check the feasibility of self-poisoning pregnant women model. DESIGN AND SETTING Comparative analysis of exposed children and their unexposed sibs born to the same mothers who attempted suicide during the study pregnancy and admitted to the toxicologic...

Self-poisoning with pesticides accounts for about a third of all suicides worldwide. To tackle this problem, the World Health Organization announced a global public health initiative in the second half of 2005. Planned approaches were to range from government regulatory action to the development of new treatments for pesticide poisoning. With broad-based support, this strategy should have a maj...