Citation

Sein Anand J, Chodorowski Z. Przegl. Lek. 2007; 64(4-5): 355-356.

Affiliation

Katedra i Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych, Geriatrii i Toksykologii Klinicznej, Akademii Medycznej w Gdansku. jsanand@amg.gda.pl

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Przeglad Lekarski)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17724912

Abstract

A case of a 16-year-old schoolgirl who had admitted a demonstrative suicide attempt against her school teacher thus trying to make the teacher leave the school has been presented. During the observation period in the Emergency Department the nurse taking care of the patient overheard that during her talks with the friends, the girl had been continuously urging them to swallow the same set of tablets, call the ambulance and get admitted to the hospital. The anamnesis revealed that three schoolmates decided to get rid of one of the teacher from their school by accusing her of mental cruelty which had led them to suicidal attempts. It was done mainly because of the bad marks they had got from the teacher. The idea was undertaken by our patient due to many news transmitted in the newspapers and television during last months in which the teachers were blamed for a lot of incidents which had taken place in different schools in Poland. Despite the fact that in many of these events the teachers were both physically and mentally tormented by the pupils the opinions presented by mass-medias were always against them. Our patient said that in such circumstances it was supposed to be an easy way to solve all the problems with unlike teacher. CONCLUSIONS: The physicians should pay more attention on suicidal attempts causes specially in adolescents. Adolescents possess poor knowledge of the lethal potential of drugs, specially over-the-counter medications. The media have to take more responsibility for transmitting news concerning youth which should be more honest and verified.

Language: en