TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - An unusual case of suicidal mechanical asphyxia
JO  - Journal de Medecine Legale Droit Medical
A1  - Saint-Martin, P.
A1  - Bouyssy, M.
A1  - O'Byrne, P.
SP  - 229
EP  - 231
VL  - 48
IS  - 4-5
N2  - A case is presented of a 30-year old man suffering from borderline personality disorder who committed suicide by means of mechanical asphyxia. He was hospitalised at the psychiatric department of a public hospital for several months and was found dead in the seclusion room. The death resulted from an obstruction of the upper aero-digestive tract after ingurgitation of pellets of toilet paper. A literature review revealed several cases of suicidal mechanical asphyxia of patients with a history of psychiatric illness. Our patient's operating process had not been reported before to our knowledge.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 0249-6208
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -