Survival to suicide attempt due to burns in adolescents

Authors

  • Leonor Ramírez Quesada Hospital General Docente “Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Santiago de Cuba
  • Meilyn Ricardo Ramírez Hospital General Docente “Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Santiago de Cuba
  • Augusto César Brooks Legeyre Hospital General Docente “Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Santiago de Cuba

Keywords:

adolescence, suicide attempt, survival, secondary health care.

Abstract

Adolescents who have made suicide attempt caused by burns have been assisted in the Caumatology Service of theTeachingGeneralHospital"Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" fromSantiago de Cuba. The multidisciplinary team in charge of these cases has acquired experience, which has allowed them to carry out a group of actions to achieve in these patients a positive behavior to face life and; therefore, their survival when facing such attempts.   

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2018-08-14

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Ramírez Quesada L, Ricardo Ramírez M, Brooks Legeyre AC. Survival to suicide attempt due to burns in adolescents. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2018 Aug. 14 [cited 2025 Jun. 23];22(7). Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/2031

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Vol. 22 No. 7 (2018): MEDISAN

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