MEDICOSOCIAL STATUS OF THE PATIENTS WITH BURNS AFTER SUICIDE ATTEMPTS(SELF-BURNING CASES)

Authors
ANOSCHENKO YD SMIRNOV SV
Citation
Yd. Anoschenko et Sv. Smirnov, MEDICOSOCIAL STATUS OF THE PATIENTS WITH BURNS AFTER SUICIDE ATTEMPTS(SELF-BURNING CASES), Zurnal nevropatologii i psihiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova, 95(4), 1995, pp. 72-74
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Pathology,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Zurnal nevropatologii i psihiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova → ACNP
ISSN journal
00444588
Volume
95
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
72 - 74
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-4588(1995)95:4<72:MSOTPW>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
75 occasions of suicide attempts carried out by self-burning were anal ysed. It was revealed that the individuals in the age of 40-49 (unempl oyeds and disables) as well as physically working people predominated in most cases. Suicides were usually performed out of working sphere. In more than 70% of occasions either alcohol intoxication or some psyc hic diseases (which did not combine in one person) accompanied this ki nd of injury. No sex prevalence was observed in this group of patients .