[Chemical submission, epidemiology and some clues for the diagnosis].
The use of chemical substances to control people is not a new event. Indeed, it has been done for centuries. This practice has recenttly acquired a new dimension because of its association with sexual assaults and other type of crimes. The frequency of the association of the use of chemical substances with sexual assaults is behind the term SQ (drug facilitated sexual assauit). The Spaniish term foir this practice, Sumisión Química, comes from the French one, Soumissión Chimique, and has a wide meaning. In this review, the epidemiology of SQ is revised and an analysis of its main involved elements, namely the chemical, the victim and the assailant, is done. Chief clinical signs and clues for the toxicological doiagnosis are also appproached.
Cruz-Landeira
Angelines
A
Servicio de Toxicología Forense. Instituto de Medicina Legal. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de Compostela. La Coruña. España. angelines.cruz@usc.es
Quintela-Jorge
Oscar
O
López-Rivadulla
Manuel
M
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020258:Neurotoxicity Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011902:Rape