Suicidal Behavior and Its Relationship with Postmortem Forensic Toxicological Findings.

ABSTRACT: Suicide affects all sociodemographic levels, age groups, and populations worldwide. The factors that can increase the risk of suicidal tendencies are widely studied. The aim of this study was to analyze the types and combinations of toxics found in fatal suicide victims with different suicide mechanisms. A total of 355 autopsies were retrospectively studied, and 26 toxics were determined and related to mechanisms of suicide. Hanging (55%), drug overdose (22.7%), and jumping from a height (17.8%) were most represented suicide mechanisms with positive toxicology. Hanging was the most represented in men (50.3%; p = 0.019), while jumping from a height was more represented in women (29.7%, p = 0.028). Drugs of abuse were the most frequent toxics found in men (55.5%; p <

SUBMITTER: Collados-Ros A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9229491 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature