The relationship between nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior and manners of death: a multicenter autopsy study

Authors

SAİT ÖZSOY
HACER YAŞAR TEKE
HÜSEYİN ÇETİN KETENCİ
ERTUĞRUL GÖK
KENAN KARBEYAZ
TANER AKAR
HANİFE ALKURT-ALKAN
MESUT AKYOL
MEHMET AYHAN CÖNGÖLOĞLU
SERMET SEZİGEN
AHMET ZAHİT DURSUN
ALPER ÖZKÖK
SERHAT SARI

DOI

10.3906/sag-1701-101

Abstract

Background/aim: This study aimed to determine the relationship between nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior (NSSIB) and manners of death.Materials and methods: This study retrospectively evaluated 6604 autopsy cases evaluated at forensic medicine institutes of six major cities of Turkey. The study group consisted of all cases with NSSIB findings. The control group was created from cases without signs of NSSIB. Results: We found that the numbers of possible suicide and homicide cases in the NSSIB (+) group were significantly higher than in the NSSIB (-) group. The possibility of death due to suicide was 3.213 times and homicide was 2.004 times higher than natural deaths in the NSSIB (+) group compared with the NSSIB (-) group.Conclusion: The presence of NSSIB might increase the risk of death due to suicide and homicide, especially in adolescence.

Keywords

nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior, suicide, homicide, postmortem examination, autopsy, manner of death

First Page

1778

Last Page

1784

Recommended Citation

ÖZSOY, SAİT; TEKE, HACER YAŞAR; KETENCİ, HÜSEYİN ÇETİN; GÖK, ERTUĞRUL; KARBEYAZ, KENAN; AKAR, TANER; ALKURT-ALKAN, HANİFE; AKYOL, MESUT; CÖNGÖLOĞLU, MEHMET AYHAN; SEZİGEN, SERMET; DURSUN, AHMET ZAHİT; ÖZKÖK, ALPER; and SARI, SERHAT (2017) "The relationship between nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior and manners of death: a multicenter autopsy study," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 47: No. 6, Article 17. https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-1701-101
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol47/iss6/17