Burns inflicted by self or by others—An 11 year snapshot

Deliberate Self-harm and Suicide in Adolescents

“…2 8, 2 9 Over an 11 year period (1994 to 2005), 1,745 patients were admitted to a tertiary care burn unit in the United Kingdom; this included 41 patients with a mean age of 29 ± 12 years who had a burn following an assault and 86 patients (mean age of 37 ± 12) who had self-induced burns. 30 Gasoline, accelerants, and other flammable liquids were the means used for the burns and the rate of mortality was 29% in the self-burn patients.…”

The self-inflicted burns-Typology and its prognostic relevance in a 14-year review of self-inflicted burns in a tertiary referral centre

“…In Western countries, SIB injuries have been associated with previous psychiatric disorders or predisposing factors such as: substance abuse, relationship problems, unemployment and significant emotional trauma [10,14]. In opposition, in low-income countries, b u r n s 3 7 ( 2 0 1 1 ) 3 2 2 -3 2 7 a r t i c l e i n f o Article history:…”

“…However, even in developed countries, it corresponds to approximately 1% of all suicides [5,7,8]. Consequently, selfimmolation is responsible for 2-6% of admissions to Burn Units in Europe and North America, and for as many as 25% of admissions in developing nations [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. To make matters even worse, it has been clearly shown that intentional burn patients have a larger mean total body surface area (TBSA) burned, a longer hospital stay, and a higher mortality compared to other burned patients [17].…”

Variation in the Incidence of Self-Immolation According To Culture and Income Level: A Literature Review

“…In high-income countries, victims of self-immolation are mainly male, aged 37.4 to 50.2 years old [8,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. The mean age is lower for self-immolation as compared to other methods of suicide.…”

“…The use of such products is frequently described in the literature, in 30 to 77% of the victims [8,13,19,26,[28][29][30]32,33,35,39,55,56]. According to Wiechman et al, inflammable product use is linked to suicide and lethal intentionality, compared to self-harming behavior where cigarette and matches are used more commonly instead [49].…”