Planned complex suicide: report of three cases.
This article presents three planned complex suicide cases. The first case was a 46-year-old man, who had taken some antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs before cutting his right wrist and ingesting a large amount of concentrated hydrochloric acid. In the second case, a 34-year-old man was found dead in his home, hanging by his neck, with a suicidal stab wound on the left side of the chest. In the third case, a 22-year-old woman was found dead, hanging by her neck from a ceiling beam of her grandmother's a storage room, after taking of a solid rodenticide. The histories revealed psychiatric problems in all cases. The investigation of scene, the method employed, the autopsy findings and the interview with their relatives altogether pointed toward a suicidal etiology.
Trakya University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Adli Tip AD, 22030 Edirne, Turkey. gurcan_altun@yahoo.com
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D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D018687:Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation / Q000009:adverse effects; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D062787:Drug Overdose; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000139:chemically induced; D008722:Methods; D008803:Mianserin / Q000009:adverse effects; D008875:Middle Aged; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000139:chemically induced; D012378:Rodenticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D013405:Suicide; D013881:Thioridazine / Q000009:adverse effects; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000473:pathology; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000473:pathology*; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000473:pathology
D018687:Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D012378:Rodenticides; D008803:Mianserin; D013881:Thioridazine; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid