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Uxoricide and dismemberment in a case of illicit anabolic steroid use : A case report and literature review
- Source :
- Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 484-488 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Despite abounding evidence for the harmful effects of synthetic anabolic-androgenic steroids, they are commonly misused for competitive and body-image reasons. Steroids are often used in the context of poly-drug misuse, which may mask their specific effects on behaviour, such as increasing aggression. We present our case report as a concrete example of current steroid-related substance-misuse trends. A 25-year old Finnish male with various psychiatric and drug-related symptomology, but almost no previous history of aggressive behaviour, battered his wife to death and mutilated her body after a five-week steroid regimen.
- Subjects :
- Substance abuse
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science)
medicine.medical_treatment
education
Context (language use)
Dismemberment
Uxoricide
3124 Neurology and psychiatry
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
5. Gender equality
medicine
lcsh:Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
030212 general & internal medicine
Psychiatry
Anabolic-androgenic steroids
lcsh:R5-920
Aggression
319 Forensic science and other medical sciences
people.cause_of_death
AAS
3. Good health
lcsh:K1-7720
medicine.symptom
people
Psychology
Homicide
lcsh:Medicine (General)
Law
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Anabolic steroid
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 484-488 (2016)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4fda603f34883ee4fa8e3c7c9390392f