Citation

Diaa E. EG, Osman M. EM. J. Arab Board Med. Special. 2001; 3(2): 96-98.

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(Copyright © 2001)

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Abstract

To study the psychiatric manifestations in patients attempting suicide using paraphenylenediamine, a component of locally used hair dye. A prospective study of 50 successive patients who presented with acute hair dye poisoning was carried out after their recovery from the acute toxic phase. About 58% of the cases were attempted suicide as compared to 12% who completed suicide and 30% in whom the ingestion was accidental. Seventy per cent of the patients showed significant psychiatric manifestations. Psychiatric assessment and treatment is vital in these cases

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