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- 1. INTERNAL I EXAMINATION PRESENTATION ON SELF- INFLICTED INJURY AND IT’S MEDICO- LEGAL IMPORTANCE FOR THE SUBJECT EVALUATION CUTM 2899 (UGFS S4- P4) FORENSIC MEDICINE PRESENTED ON: MARCH 11, 2024 BY BASANTA KUMAR PANIGRAHI REGISTRATION NO. 222104320047 B.SC. FORENSIC SCIENCES (SEM. 4) TO MRS. VARSHA SINGH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SCHOOL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES BHUBANESWAR CAMPUS
- 2. CONTENTS ✔ Introduction ✔ Type of self inflicted injury ✔ People with mental health condition ✔ Motive ✔ Why do people injury themselves ✔ Salient features ✔ How to avoid self inflicted injury ✔ Medicolegal importance ✔ Reference
- 5. Introduction Self-inflicted injury is the act of intentionally harming one’s own body without meaning for the injury to be fatal. It can cause emotional and physical harm long term. According to Mental Health America, the most common methods are: ❖ skin cutting, which accounts for 70–90% of self-injuries ❖ head banging or hitting, which accounts for 21–44% ❖ burning, which accounts for 15–35%
- 10. PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION: Eating disorder Substance abuse disorder Obsessive-Compulsive disorder Depression or Anxiety
- 11. Motive: 1. In order to charge another person with assault or attempt to murder. 2. In order to change a simple injury into grievous in order to fabricate or for medical benefits. 3. By the assailant to pretend self-defense or to change the appearance of the wounds which can connect him to the crime. 4. By prisoners to bring charge of assault on officers. 5. By military men to escape service or for leave. 6. By women, to bring charge of sexual assault. 7. By mentally ill person or to fabricate feigned insanity. 8. Religious fanatics. 9. For blackmailing.
- 12. WHY DO PEOPLE INJURE THEMSELVES? Express the pain they are feeling, particularly if they struggle or are unable to do this through words communicate distress to others in an indirect way distract themselves from painful emotions or memories feel like they have control over some aspect of their lives feel something other than “numbness,” disconnection, or dissociation punish themselves for their emotions or perceived failures.
- 13. Salient features: 1) These are usually incised wound, sometimes contusions and rarely are lacerated wounds. 2) The clothes are not cut or torn. 3) If burns are used, then they are superficial and seen usually over the left upper arm (in case of right handed persons) and vice versa.
- 15. HOW TO AVOID SELF-INFLICTED INJURY? o Talk to a trusted friend or adult about feelings or experiences that are causing pain. o If speaking in person feels daunting, try writing an email or a letter instead. o Distraction can be an effective way to avoid self-harm until the urge to do it passes. Examples include: calling a friend going for a walk, a run, or doing another form of exercise doing something creative, such as drawing or writing playing with an animal watching comforting TV shows or movies
- 16. MEDICOLEGAL IMPORTANCE: They are self-inflicted and usually inflicted by the person himself or by another person by his consent in order to malign a third part.