Suicidal behavior and its relationship with postmortem forensic toxicological findings

Collados Ros, Aurelia; Torres Sánchez, Carmen; Pérez Cárceles, María Dolores; Luna, Aurelia; Legaz Pérez, Isabel

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Suicidal behavior and its relationship with postmortem forensic toxicological findings

dc.contributor.author	Collados Ros, Aurelia
dc.contributor.author	Torres Sánchez, Carmen
dc.contributor.author	Pérez Cárceles, María Dolores
dc.contributor.author	Luna, Aurelia
dc.contributor.author	Legaz Pérez, Isabel
dc.contributor.department	Ciencias Sociosanitarias
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-08T11:50:54Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-08T11:50:54Z
dc.date.issued	2022-06-11
dc.description	© 2022 by the authors. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Toxics. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10060319
dc.description.abstract	Suicide affects all sociodemographic levels, age groups, and populations worldwide. The factors that can increase the risk of suicidal tendencies are widely studied. The aim of this study was to analyze the types and combinations of toxics found in fatal suicide victims with different suicide mechanisms. A total of 355 autopsies were retrospectively studied, and 26 toxics were determined and related to mechanisms of suicide. Hanging (55%), drug overdose (22.7%), and jumping from a height (17.8%) were most represented suicide mechanisms with positive toxicology. Hanging was the most represented in men (50.3%; p = 0.019), while jumping from a height was more represented in women (29.7%, p = 0.028). Drugs of abuse were the most frequent toxics found in men (55.5%; p < 0.001), while medicines were the most frequent type found in women (70.3%, p < 0.001). Alcohol, nordiazepam, cocaine, and venlafaxine were the most consumed toxics. Benzodiazepines and venlafaxine were found in suicides involving drug overdose, hanging, and jumping from a height. In conclusion, most suicides were associated with drug abuse in men. Hanging was more represented in men and jumping from a height in women. Alcohol was present in combination with other toxics and medicines. The toxicological analysis is fundamental to understanding consumption patterns and establishing strategies and protocols for detecting and preventing suicide.	es
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dc.identifier.citation	Toxics 2022, 10(6), 319
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10060319
dc.identifier.issn	Electronic: 2305-6304
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/142936
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	MDPI
dc.relation	This research received no external funding or This research was funded by UMU grant number [R-1007/2018] And The APC was funded by [R-1007/2018]	es
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/10/6/319
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	es
dc.rights	Atribución 4.0 Internacional	*
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dc.subject	Alcohol	es
dc.subject	Autopsies	es
dc.subject	Drugs of abuse	es
dc.subject	Forensic toxicology	es
dc.subject	Psychotropic drugs	es
dc.subject	Suicides	es
dc.title	Suicidal behavior and its relationship with postmortem forensic toxicological findings	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
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