Zubair Hasan, Abdul Rehman, Muhammad Khurram, Wahid Shah.
Self - inflicted injuries: The standing Medical Board Experience.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan ;12(9):518-21.

Objective: To know the pattern of self-inflicted injuries in persons referred for second medicolegal examination. Design: An observational study. Place and Duration of Study: District headquarters Teaching Hospital, Rawalpindi, from September 1998 to September 2001. Subjects and Methods: 181 persons who were referred for medicolegal re-examination with suspicion of self-inflicted injuries. These subjects were examined by Standing Medical Board, which declared their injuries as self-inflicted or otherwise according to standard criteria. This record was analyzed using a statistical program (SPSS). Results: Of the 181 persons, 145 (80.1%) were male and 36 (19.9%) female. Majority of subjects (70.7%) belonged to rural area. Self-inflicted injuries were found in 101 persons (55.8%). Scalp was commonest site where these injuries were noted (54.4%). Blunt objects were used commonly for producing these injuries (49.5%). First medicolegal examinations were done commonly at evening in case of self-inflicted injuries (p=value 0.003). Conclusion: Self-inflicted injuries are very common in medicolegal practice. Effective measures are required to curb this problem.

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