background: self-immolation and intentional poisoning are two common methods for suicidal attempts in developing countries. few studies have compared the characteristics of people who commit suicide by self-immolation or intentional poisoning. hence, the aim of this study was to compare demographic, social, and psychological features between these two groups. methods: in the present study, pati...

Context: Self-immolation is one of the most violent methods suicide and considered a psychosocial problem. Objectives: The purpose this study was to investigate forms self-immolation in Iran using systematic review meta-analysis method. Data Sources: In study, seven papers published from 1999 January 2020 were selected keywords such as SID, Google Scholar, PubMed, Web Science (ISI), Scopus, Els...

Fire deaths are usually accidental, but atypical cases of homicide or suicide have been described. In suicide by fire, the only method reported by several authors consists of self-immolation. We present here the unusual case of an adult female who committed suicide by waiting in the living room after setting fire to her bedroom. The autopsy revealed smoke inhalation and the toxicological analys...

Deaths from suicides reached a peak in Sri Lanka in 1995 to 48.7 per 100,000 population, the highest in the world. Several interventions reduced the rate to 20.6 per 100,000 in 2007 [1]. Self immolation (SI) as a method of suicide is reported from many developing countries [2,3]. In 2006, 3558 males and 946 females (total 4504) committed suicide in Sri Lanka. SI was the method used by 148 (3.3%...

introduction: self-immolation is highly rare in developed countries (0.06% -1.8% of all suicides), whereas it is more frequent in developing countries (39.8%-40.3% of all suicides). self-immolation consists of 0.4% to 40% of total burn center admissions around the word. without any doubt, self-immolation is one of the health problems in which developing countries(such as iran and of course some...

BACKGROUND Suicide by aggressive physical methods such as firearms, hanging, and jumping is well known; however, different factors may influence a person while selecting a particular method. The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiological factors involved in the selection and use of different physical methods for suicide over a long-term period in Ilam province, Iran. METHODS The...