The medicosocial status of the victims of burns as a consequence of a suicide attempt (cases of self-immolation)
Anoshchenko, I.D.; Smirnov, S.V.
Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 95(4): 72-74
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 1997-7298 PMID: 8533515 Document Number: 451539
75 occasions of suicide attempts carried out by self-burning were analysed. It was revealed that the individuals in the age of 40-49 (unemployed and disabled) 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 psychic diseases (which did not combine in one person) accompanied this kind of injury. No sex prevalence was observed in this group of patients.