Original communicationWho takes alcohol prior to suicide?
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Significant postmortem diffusion of ethanol: A case report
2021, Forensic Science InternationalAlcohol use by suicide victims in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2011–2015
2018, Journal of Forensic and Legal MedicineCitation Excerpt :Excessive alcohol consumption and/or abuse of other drugs are closely linked to suicide deaths,12 as drunkenness can affect critical judgment and self-control and trigger suicidal behavior. It is well recognized that individuals with a history of psychoactive substances abuse are overrepresented in mortality statistics.13–15 Studies in European and North American countries indicate the association between alcohol consumption and suicide, despite the socio-cultural differences.16
Road Traffic Suicide in Switzerland
2015, Traffic Injury PreventionBlood alcohol concentration of suicide victims by partial hanging
2013, Journal of Forensic and Legal MedicineCitation Excerpt :These results are in accordance with previous reports and support the idea that violent suicide methods are more commonly associated with male suicide.16,17,28,32,34–37 Further, this study confirms previous obsevations38–40 that alcohol consumption is a common precursor to suicide as the proportion of suicide victims with blood alcohol higher than ≥0.1 g/kg at the time of death was 50.3% for the group with non-violent suicide methods in comparison to 34.4% of suicide victims who used violent suicide methods. There is a final consideration to make; the assumption in the above discussion is that the findings indicate a choice made by the victims between two forms of hanging; ‘complete’ and ‘partial’.
Toxicology findings in suicides: Concentrations of ethanol and other drugs in femoral blood in victims of hanging and poisoning in relation to age and gender of the deceased
2013, Journal of Forensic and Legal MedicineCitation Excerpt :Indeed, we found that in 62% of poisonings and 66% of hangings the BAC exceeded 1.0 g/L, which suggests that many victims were intoxicated at the time of death. Loss of inhibitions and impulsivity associated with excessive drinking may have triggered suicidal behaviour and it is widely known that people with substance abuse disorder are over-represented in mortality statistics.9,27 With a BAC threshold of 0.20 g/L for reporting positive results, 30% of hangings and 36% of suicidal poisonings had been drinking before death.
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Iain K. Crombie PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Dundee University, Dundee, UK
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Derrick J. Pounder MBChB, FRC Path, Department of Forensic Medicine, The Royal Infirmary, Dundee DD1 9ND, UK
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Peter H. Dick MBChB, FRC Psych, DPM, Department of Psychiatry, Dundee University, Dundee, UK.