A Series of Complex Suicide

dc.contributor.authorDemirci, Serafettin
dc.contributor.authorDogan, Kamil Hakan
dc.contributor.authorErkol, Zerrin
dc.contributor.authorDeniz, Idris
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T17:37:46Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T17:37:46Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThis article presents 16 complex suicide cases. Complex suicide is defined as the use of more than one method to induce death. Of the victims, 10 were men and the ages ranged from 19 to 70 years. Eight victims left a suicide note. It was observed that 13 victims realized the suicidal act in the house and 5 victims had previous suicidal attempts. It was determined that 10 victims had psychiatric disorders, one of them had alcohol dependence. Six victims were housewives, 4 victims were unemployed, followed by one each victim of student, worker, farmer, tradesman, prayer leader, and animal husbandry lines of business. Ten victims were married; 3 victims were single; and 3 victims were divorced. On investigating the methods of suicide, it was seen that 9 victims preferred sharp instrument usage; 5 victims insecticide ingestion; 4 victims each firearms, medicine overdose; 3 victims each hanging, falling from a height; 2 victims self-strangulation; and I victim each drowning, liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas inhalation together, fungicide ingestion, rodenticide ingestion. It was determined that 2 victims used 3 methods and the other 14 victims 2 methods in company, to realize the suicide. In this article, the data obtained from our study was discussed by comparing similar data.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1097/PAF.0b013e318187deb7en_US
dc.identifier.endpage154en_US
dc.identifier.issn0195-7910en_US
dc.identifier.issn1533-404Xen_US
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.pmid19465805en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage152en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAF.0b013e318187deb7
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/23232
dc.identifier.volume30en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000266483100007en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINSen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAMERICAN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGYen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectcomplex suicideen_US
dc.subjectsuicide noteen_US
dc.subjectforensic medicineen_US
dc.subjectscene investigationen_US
dc.subjectpathologyen_US
dc.titleA Series of Complex Suicideen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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