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  • Title: Self poisoning in children: a ten year survey.
    Author: Hincal F, Hincal AA, Sarikayalar F, Cevik N, Kinik E.
    Journal: J Toxicol Clin Toxicol; 1987; 25(1-2):109-20. PubMed ID: 3586081.
    Abstract:
    All children, 17 years of age or less, admitted to the Children's Hospital of Hacettepe University Medical Center in Ankara during the period of 1975 to 1984 with a diagnosis of poisoning were studied. Of the 1188 cases reviewed, mode of poisoning was deliberate self-poisoning in a total of 152 cases (12.8%). Drugs accounted for 95.4%, insecticides for 3.9% and carbon monoxide for only 0.7% of the overall suicide attempts or gestures. Analgesics and tranquilizers were the most common agents encountered, however the major drug used for self-poisoning was a barbiturate containing analgesic, Optalidon. The incidence of self-poisoning was 79.0% in the age group 13-17 of the overall poison admissions and in all of the age groups self-poisoning showed a significant (p less than 0.001) sex difference with definite prevalence of girls.
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