title: Outcomes of patients who commit suicide by burning.
abstract: Cases in which people use fire when attempting or committing suicide are not common but nevertheless constitute a cause of admission to burns units worldwide. Usually these people are suffering from stress and have been diagnosed as mentally ill. Schizophrenia, depression, and personality disorders are the most frequently diagnosed conditions. The psychological problems appear to have been overlooked by the family or not to have been presented to them. The aim of this study is to present the clinical features, characteristics, and outcomes of patients burned during a suicide attempt. The role of the psychiatrist is important, starting in the emergency room. The incidence of patients committing self-injury by burning appears to be higher in women burn patients. Deceased patients usually have a larger extent of burns and a higher incidence of other injuries and require more surgical procedures and longer hospitalization times. The problems for burn unit staff and qualified psychiatric care are discussed.
authors: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department.
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Castana
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Kourakos
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Moutafidis
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Stampolidis
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Triantafyllou
authors: Ath
authors: A
authors: Pallantzas
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Filippa
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Alexandropoulos
keywords: attempted suicide by burning; burns; self-immolation
references: Ann Plast Surg. 2011 Apr;66(4):339-43
references: 21301290
references: J Burn Care Res. 2012 Sep-Oct;33(5):642-8
references: 22245801
references: J Burn Care Rehabil. 2005 Jan-Feb;26(1):75-8
references: 15640739
references: J Burn Care Rehabil. 2003 Jul-Aug;24(4):223-7
references: 14501416
references: Burns. 2011 Sep;37(6):1049-57
references: 21489697
references: J Burn Care Res. 2009 Sep-Oct;30(5):844-51
references: 19692913
references: Burns. 2011 Mar;37(2):322-7
references: 21115293