Suicide in Young Age Group

Authors

  • MA Monsur Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet
  • MM Rahman Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi
  • KP Saha Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Comilla Medical College, Comilla
  • R Haque Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faridpur Medical College, Faridpur
  • S Mahmood Lecture, Department of Forensic Medicine, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/taj.v22i2.37722

Abstract

This paper presents the  study  of  200  cases  of  death  which  were  'suicidal in  nature'  received  in the dept. of Forensic Medicine, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet, Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi, Comilla Medical College, Comilla and Faridpur Medical College, Faridpur for Post Mortem examination (PME), during the period of 2007 to 2009, The post mortems were conducted by the authors. Out of 200 PME of Suicide cases 98 {49%) were hanging by neck, 86 (43%) were poisoning and 16 (8%) by other methods.

TAJ 2009; 22(1): 194-197

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Published

2009-12-01

How to Cite

Monsur, M., Rahman, M., Saha, K., Haque, R., & Mahmood, S. (2009). Suicide in Young Age Group. TAJ: Journal of Teachers Association, 22(2), 194–197. https://doi.org/10.3329/taj.v22i2.37722

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2009)

Section

Original Articles