@article{ref1,
title="Psychiatric manifestations in hair dye poisoning",
journal="J. Arab Board Med. Special.",
year="2001",
author="Diaa E., El Gaili and Osman M., El Mustafa",
volume="3",
number="2",
pages="96-98",
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<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1561-0217",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}