title: Psychological evaluation of self-inflicted burn patients: suicide or parasuicide?
abstract: Self-inflicted burns have an increasing incidence all around the world. There is a high mortality and morbidity rate among these patients. We retrospectively analysed the psychiatric characteristics of self-inflicted burn patients. The results showed that these attempts are somewhat different from suicidal acts and may be defined as parasuicides. The treatment and rehabilitation strategies of so called parasuicidal burns are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 06018 Etlik, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zor
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deveci
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
authors.forename: Semih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dikkatli
authors.forename: Haluk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Duman
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sengezer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001830:Body Surface Area; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology*; D015208:Smoke Inhalation Injury / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*