Neuropsychiatric sequelae of attempted hanging and diagnostic dilemmas
Suicide is an important cause of death worldwide, and India is not immune to this major health problem. Suicide by hanging is one of the lethal methods widely practiced. However, literature is very sparse as well as old in the context of neuropsychiatric consequences seen in those who survive such a...
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| author | Jitender Aneja Satyarth Jangli Parmanand Kulhara Manish Bathla |
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| description | Suicide is an important cause of death worldwide, and India is not immune to this major health problem. Suicide by hanging is one of the lethal methods widely practiced. However, literature is very sparse as well as old in the context of neuropsychiatric consequences seen in those who survive such attempts. We present a case of a young boy who survived an attempted hanging and was left with neuropsychiatric sequelae in the form of retro/anterograde amnesia, aggression, lability of affect, and impaired memory and visuomotor deficits. The associated diagnostic dilemmas, namely whether to diagnose such patients with Korsakoff's psychosis, organic amnesic syndrome, or major neurocognitive syndrome, are discussed and a brief review of literature of this largely ignored area is also presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff4968fd19a24d9da50911e0422c04da2022-12-22T00:01:20ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndustrial Psychiatry Journal0972-67480976-27952017-01-0126223924210.4103/ipj.ipj_46_15Neuropsychiatric sequelae of attempted hanging and diagnostic dilemmasJitender AnejaSatyarth JangliParmanand KulharaManish BathlaSuicide is an important cause of death worldwide, and India is not immune to this major health problem. Suicide by hanging is one of the lethal methods widely practiced. However, literature is very sparse as well as old in the context of neuropsychiatric consequences seen in those who survive such attempts. We present a case of a young boy who survived an attempted hanging and was left with neuropsychiatric sequelae in the form of retro/anterograde amnesia, aggression, lability of affect, and impaired memory and visuomotor deficits. The associated diagnostic dilemmas, namely whether to diagnose such patients with Korsakoff's psychosis, organic amnesic syndrome, or major neurocognitive syndrome, are discussed and a brief review of literature of this largely ignored area is also presented.http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2017;volume=26;issue=2;spage=239;epage=242;aulast=AnejaHangingnear-hangingneuropsychiatricsequelae |
| spellingShingle | Jitender Aneja Satyarth Jangli Parmanand Kulhara Manish Bathla Neuropsychiatric sequelae of attempted hanging and diagnostic dilemmas Industrial Psychiatry Journal Hanging near-hanging neuropsychiatric sequelae |
| title | Neuropsychiatric sequelae of attempted hanging and diagnostic dilemmas |
| title_full | Neuropsychiatric sequelae of attempted hanging and diagnostic dilemmas |
| title_fullStr | Neuropsychiatric sequelae of attempted hanging and diagnostic dilemmas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neuropsychiatric sequelae of attempted hanging and diagnostic dilemmas |
| title_short | Neuropsychiatric sequelae of attempted hanging and diagnostic dilemmas |
| title_sort | neuropsychiatric sequelae of attempted hanging and diagnostic dilemmas |
| topic | Hanging near-hanging neuropsychiatric sequelae |
| url | http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2017;volume=26;issue=2;spage=239;epage=242;aulast=Aneja |
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