Posted by Jamal Spelling on February 24, 2008, at 10:31:50
In reply to Re: Protecting the Babble Community » Dr. Bob, posted by zazenducke on February 14, 2008, at 6:31:39
Przegl Lek. 2002;59(4-5):375-6.Links
[Internet as a means of persuading a patient to commit a suicide]
[Article in Polish]Chodorowski Z, Sein Anand J.
I Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych i Ostrych Zatruć Akademii Medycznej, 80-211 Gdańsk, ul. Debinki 7.
In this article we have described 25 year-old female student of the University of Gdańsk, treated for eight years because of depression and for four years because of anorexia nervosa, who to commit suicide had taken [XXXXXXXXXXXXXX.] In 1999 the patient got an internet (IRC) contact with a person introducing herself as a 26 year-old lonely student. After getting acquainted with the life history of the patient she had systematically encouraged the patient to commit suicide. Almost everyday she used to send the patient instructions regarding the best way to kill herself. On parent's request, after the patient regained consciousness in the Clinic, the case was sent to public prosecutor's office. It was found, that the person who urged the girl to commit suicide was a 33 year-old married woman, fascinated by psychology and parapsychology.
PMID: 12184011 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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