Citation

Öğrenci A, Koban O, Yaman O, Yilmaz M, Dalbayrak S. Med. Bull. Haseki Hosp. 2019; 57(2): 204-206.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Yenilik Basımevi)

DOI

10.4274/haseki.galenos.2018.4351

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Suicide is the process that an individual ends his/her own life, and usually methods providing a quick death are chosen. The most common methods are jumping from heights and firearm shots. However, in some suicide attempts, some unusual methods are used. These can be seen in patients with psychiatric disorders such as severe depression and schizophrenia. The idea of suicide by hammering nail into the head is uncommon because it is a method that cannot lead to a quick death and cause suffering. Beside these, it does not lead to death with a single action. We present a case of a young male patient who attempted suicide with hammering nail into the head and review the literature on this subject. © 2019 by The Medical Bulletin of İstanbul Haseki Training and Research Hospital.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; suicide; Suicide; male; Review; case report; head injury; Schizophrenia; depression; schizophrenia; death; clinical article; length of stay; computer assisted tomography; hemiparesis; craniotomy; X ray; dura mater; frontoparietal cortex; Hammering nail to head; nail injury