TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Physical illness as an aim in suicidal mutilations
JO  - Archiwum Medycyny Sadowej i Kryminologii
A1  - Bolechała, Filip
A1  - Strona, Marcin
A1  - Konopka, Tomasz
A1  - Woźniak, Krzysztof
A1  - Gross, Adam
A1  - Kunz, Jerzy
SP  - 174
EP  - 178
VL  - 55
IS  - 2
N2  - This study presents five cases of completed suicides in which injures were situated in parts of the body changed by illness or in areas related to medical treatment. Following early research, physical illness has been identified as an important risk factor for suicide and for suicidal behavior. It is an unusual and rare problem when opposition to somatic disease is signified by the localization and character of suicidal injures. These cases illustrate such a phenomenon, where the body--in a symbolic way is engaged in expression of human stress and frustration. This is caused by the loss of the possibility to control one's own life. The authors also discussed this problem in the view of the literature.<p /> <p>Language: pl</p>
LA  - pl
SN  - 0324-8267
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -