@article{ref1,
title="Suicide and fire: a 20-year study of self-immolation death in Sousse, Tunisia",
journal="Journal of burn care and research",
year="2016",
author="Jedidi, Maher and Cherif El Khal, Mohamed and Mlayeh, Souheil and Masmoudi, Tasnim and Mahjoub, Mohamed and Yassine Brahem, Mohamed and Ben Dhiab, Mohamed and Zemni, Majed and Kamel Souguir, Mohamed",
volume="38",
number="4",
pages="e734-e738",
abstract="Self-immolation is a self-destructive conduct described since antiquity. Its frequency is variable from one country to another and it is a real public health problem in parts of the world. In Tunisia, after the 2011 revolution the problem of self-immolation protest has been highly publicized giving the impression of an increase in this phenomenon. This is a retrospective analysis of all fatal self-immolation cases, collected over a 20-year period (1996-2015) at the Forensic Medicine Department of the Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia. A total of 41 cases were collected, of which 23 were men (56%). The mean age was 36.1 years. Prior to 2011, 78.9% of the victims of self-immolation were women and after 2011, 86.4% were men. The rural origin of the victims was found in 56.25% of the cases. History of psychiatric illness was found in four individuals. The self-immolation took place in the victims' homes in 19 cases (46.3%). It came after a conjugal or family conflict in 14 cases (34.1%) and it is of protest character in 8 cases (19.5%). This study confirmed the increasing frequency of self-immolation in Tunisia after the 2011 revolution and noted a change in the victims' profiles.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1559-047X",
doi="10.1097/BCR.0000000000000469",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/BCR.0000000000000469"
}