Citation

Saint-Martin P, Bouyssy M, O'Byrne P. J. Med. Leg. Droit Med. 2005; 48(4-5): 229-231.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Masson)

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Abstract

A case is presented of a 30-year old man suffering from borderline personality disorder who committed suicide by means of mechanical asphyxia. He was hospitalised at the psychiatric department of a public hospital for several months and was found dead in the seclusion room. The death resulted from an obstruction of the upper aero-digestive tract after ingurgitation of pellets of toilet paper. A literature review revealed several cases of suicidal mechanical asphyxia of patients with a history of psychiatric illness. Our patient's operating process had not been reported before to our knowledge.

Language: fr

Keywords

adult; human; suicide; Suicide; Autopsy; male; asphyxia; case report; cause of death; hospitalization; review; mental hospital; borderline state; gastrointestinal obstruction; Mechanical asphyxia; Psychiatric in-surveillance; upper respiratory tract obstruction