Suicide by hanging: multicentre study based on coroners' records in England.

We studied 162 cases of hanging by suicide occurring in 24 coroners' jurisdictions in England within a 6-month period in 2001. Prison and psychiatric ward suicides accounted for only 6% of these. The most frequently used ligatures (ropes, belts and cable) and ligature points (beams, girders, lo...

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Main Authors: Bennewith, O, Gunnell, D, Kapur, N, Turnbull, P, Simkin, S, Sutton, L, Hawton, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005