forensic medicine # SELF INFLICTED INJURY pdf

Forensic medicine
Various types of injury
Self inflicted injury

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%

8. Cutting
Scratching
Burning
Biting
Punching
oneself
Hair
pulling

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?

oTalk to a trusted friend or adult about feelings or
experiences that are causing pain.
oIf speaking in person feels daunting, try writing an
email or a letter instead.
oDistraction 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.

17. REFERENCES..
https://www.scribd.com/document/524086777/Wound-Ballistic

https://webpath.med.utah.edu/TUTORIAL/GUNS/GUNINJ.html

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/self-injury/symptoms-causes/
syc-20350950