Resource Tag: HANGING

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Factors & stressful life stituations associated with suicidal hanging in a sample from India were studied to explore preventability. Information was collected on consecutive victims who died by hanging in a 2-year period from various sources including family members through psychological autopsies. Out of 662 autopsies during the study period, 104 had used hanging as […]

Suicide by hanging, compared with other methods, was analysed by demographic & selected social factors in Lithuania. Changes during 1993-1997 & 1998-2002 were evaluated. Over the study period, hanging, in proportion to all other methods, increased statistically significantly among men & women. The most noticeable increase was among females, age 10-19 years. Hanging predominated in […]

This article discusses the suicide of a male inpatient in terms of the patient’s own psychodynamics, the ward dynamics, & the dynamics of the whole psychiatric service. The similar features in each of the three systems are analyzed. (25 refs.)

This study presents the changes in the overall & firearm suicide rates for Quebec before & after Bill C-17, which was implemented to secure safe storage of firearms. It covers 20,009 suicide cases reported to the coroner’s office. Firearm suicide rates dropped among males & females, but the downward trends were not significant when compared […]

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This review summarizes the published literature on suicide by hanging, with a focus on its epidemiology in England & on potential means of prevention. The authors found that only a small proportion (around 10%) of hanging suicides occur in the controlled environments of hospitals, prisons, & police custody; the remainder occur in the community. Case […]

Published in “The Suicidal Process: Challenges for Treatment and Prevention”

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This article describes the last days of the life of Russian poet Sergei Esenin, leading up to his death by suicide. The author describes the deterioration of Esenin’s physical & mental health & looks to his poetry to shed light on his state of mind at the time.

This study examined the increase in the rate of suicide by hanging & an apparently simultaneous decrease in the rate of suicide by firearm as hypothetical evidence that Australian males have substituted one method of suicide for another. It was found that when the firearm suicide rate for Australian males declined the hanging rate increased […]

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This study examines the epidemiologic characteristics & clinical outcomes of self inflicted pediatric injuries in relation to the method of suicide attempt. Of the 87 cases studied, 29% had pre-existing mental disorders. The method of suicide was associated with gender & age of the patients: boys accounted for 75% & 82% of firearm & hanging […]

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The author attempts to shed light on the life of John Eliot, the second British Governor of West Florida, whose seemingly sudden death by suicide in 1769 has remained something of an historical mystery.

A 3-year retrospective descriptive study on all custody-related death cases at a Durban Medico-legal mortuary from January 1998 to December 2000 was undertaken. A total of 117 cases were reviewed. Among the findings, there were 16 (13.68%) police custody deaths, of which 7 (5.99%) were due to suicide by hanging. The authors suggest that prevention […]

This article briefly presents an immediate plan of action for nurses &/or health care workers in the event of a patient suicide attempt by hanging.