[Suicide by hypothermia with intentional partial undressing].
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[Suicide by hypothermia with intentional partial undressing]. / Müller, Katja; Gehl, Axel; Ottens, Reinhold; Püschel, Klaus.
In: Arch Kriminol, Vol. 228, No. 3-4, 3-4, 2011, p. 96-101.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - [Suicide by hypothermia with intentional partial undressing].
AU - Müller, Katja
AU - Gehl, Axel
AU - Ottens, Reinhold
AU - Püschel, Klaus
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Most cases of fatal hypothermia are accidental, often in connection with alcoholisation, homelessness, age-related confusedness and others. The phenomenon of paradoxical undressing may be observed. A paradoxical feeling of warmth in the advanced condition of hypothermia leads to the behaviour of undressing, partly or completely. Suicides with intentional hypothermia are rare. Fatal hypothermia often appears as a concomitant mechanism, e. g. in drug poisoning. The case report describes the fatality of a young woman dying from suicidal hypothermia. She was found partly undressed. This was part of her scheduled plan and not a consequence of paradoxical undressing.
AB - Most cases of fatal hypothermia are accidental, often in connection with alcoholisation, homelessness, age-related confusedness and others. The phenomenon of paradoxical undressing may be observed. A paradoxical feeling of warmth in the advanced condition of hypothermia leads to the behaviour of undressing, partly or completely. Suicides with intentional hypothermia are rare. Fatal hypothermia often appears as a concomitant mechanism, e. g. in drug poisoning. The case report describes the fatality of a young woman dying from suicidal hypothermia. She was found partly undressed. This was part of her scheduled plan and not a consequence of paradoxical undressing.
KW - Humans
KW - Female
KW - Young Adult
KW - Autopsy
KW - Clothing
KW - Diphenhydramine/poisoning
KW - Hypnotics and Sedatives/poisoning
KW - Hypothermia/pathology
KW - Overdose/pathology
KW - Suicide/legislation & jurisprudence/psychology
KW - Humans
KW - Female
KW - Young Adult
KW - Autopsy
KW - Clothing
KW - Diphenhydramine/poisoning
KW - Hypnotics and Sedatives/poisoning
KW - Hypothermia/pathology
KW - Overdose/pathology
KW - Suicide/legislation & jurisprudence/psychology
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 228
SP - 96
EP - 101
JO - Arch Kriminol
JF - Arch Kriminol
SN - 0003-9225
IS - 3-4
M1 - 3-4
ER -