TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - A Follow-Up Study of Adults With Suicidal Burns: Psychosocial Adjustment and Quality of Life
JO  - Journal of burn care and research
A1  - Daigeler, Adrien
A1  - Langer, Stefan
A1  - Hüllmann, Kathrin
A1  - Illes, Franziska
A1  - Juckel, Georg
A1  - Echterhoff, Silke
A1  - Selbach, David
A1  - Steinsträer, L
A1  - Steinau, Hans-Ulrich
A1  - Lehnhardt, Marcus
SP  - 844
EP  - 851
VL  - 30
IS  - 5
N2  - The severity of the burn injuries, accompanying injuries, and the often concomitant psychiatric disease complicate the treatment of patients with suicidal burns. Data from 45 patients who were treated for suicidal burn injuries from 1994 to 2005 were acquired from the patients' charts and interviews with standardized questionnaires (n = 11) concerning their psychological status pretrauma and posttrauma, as well as their quality of life with special reference to psychosocial adjustments. None of the patients survived more than 69% TBSA burns; no one with 41% or less died. Most of the patients had prediagnosed psychiatric disorders. The educational and social background of the patients and religious beliefs played a minor role for choosing this method of suicide. Aggression levels were above the average population, whereas self-direction was underdeveloped. Forty percent, albeit unsuccessfully, committed subsequent suicide attempts. Most patients felt only moderate social impairment by the burn wound residuals, the majority had intensified and improved their social contacts, and most felt no relevant decrease of quality of life compared with their personal situation before the suicide attempt. Patients who survive the suicide attempt can become integrated in social life again. More data are needed to reliably identify patients at risk in advance.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1559-047X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181b48118
ID  - ref1
ER  -