Citation

Mihalache G, Buhas C, Rahotǎ D. Rom. J. Leg. Med. 2011; 19(1): 69-72.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Romanian Legal Medicine Society)

DOI

10.4323/rjlm.2011.69

PMID

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Abstract

Some authors say that, suicide is always the final result of a very long chain of motives and causes. That is why it differs from epoch to epoch from one society to another and from one individual to another. With children and young people things are also different. Suicide attempts are very rare under the age of 10, more frequent between 10 and 15, and it reaches the highest point between the ages of 15 und 18. Suicide under the age of 10 is frequently noticed with schizophrenics or people with schizophrenic reactions, but other times it is an impulsive or short circuit act or the result of a long mental preparation (playing with the idea). At the older child and the teenager, the psychic factors are the most important ones (for example: strong psycho-traumatizing situations, absence of affective support, elements of vengeance, etc). In this paper we will broadly analyze these factors and also the way in which forensic medicine contributes to the stopping of this phenomenon among young people. © 2011 Romanian Society of Legal Medicine.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; adult; Causes; human; suicide; Suicide; child; female; male; Young people; schizophrenia; suicide attempt; risk factor; article; statistical analysis; school child; Romania; Forensic medicine contributes