Severe Suicidal Attempt in the Patient with Acute Mental Disorder – Case Report
Authors:
J. Mannová; D. Seidlová; I. Zimová; R. Slámová
Authors‘ workplace:
ARO, FN Brno-Bohunice, přednosta doc. MUDr. I. Čundrle, CSc.
Published in:
Anest. intenziv. Med., , 2002, č. 6, s. 281-285
Category:
Overview
The authors present the case of unique severe suicidal attempt in the patient with acute onset of paranoid-depressive psychosis. At the first, thepatient made cutting injuries of his both wrists, and then he made severe cutting injury to his neck affecting 3/4 of its circumference to the cervicalspine. This injury touched the internal jugular vein only but no other vital structures in this area. Next part of the article presents review of suicides inCzech Republic in the last ten years, which shows increasing number of suicides since 1994.
Key words:
suicidal attempt – cutting injuries – evaluation of suicides in the Czech Republic
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Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Inten Intensive Care MedicineArticle was published in
Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
2002 Issue 6
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