… Clothing Hesitation Wounds Age and Gender Mental Health … After establishing a forensic
pathology unit at the Forensic … As part of the multidisciplinary forensic team, the pathologist will …

… Other factors positively correlated to suicidal events are the topography of sharp force injuries
… neither psychiatric history nor possible triggers. At the same time, forensic pathologists are …

… multidisciplinary research with participation of psychiatrists, … value of hesitation wounds in
terms of psychiatric and medico-… well as self-inflicted sharp force injuries was reviewed and …

… wound vitality at the dismemberment surfaces. Further, a strangulation compression mark and
an abdominal sharp force injury … the forensic pathologist, sometimes resulting in hesitation …

… mental illness or inflicted deliberately with the aim of obtaining a secondary gain [1]. Historically,
use of sharp force … Hesitation wounds are superficial stabs or cuts, that usually penetrate …

… We observed that 41 victims (77%) suffered from psychiatric … In this setting multidisciplinary
skills are often required to … These cut injuries were considered as hesitation marks and …

… between homicidal and suicidal sharp force trauma (ie, left … Hesitation wounds14, 15, 16
have been described in 65% of … may not involve a history of mental illness on the part of the …

… can be misleading, an odontological examination of the bite marks and the DNA analysis of
the saliva recovered on the victim’s body can assist the forensic pathologist in identifying the …

… matter if the forensic pathologist or the pathologist has the last … , they are usually superficial
(hesitation marks), but they may … exclude suicide attempt: Psychiatric disorders were excluded …

… , a multidisciplinary approach is needed, including a forensic … no relevant pathological
history, namely of a psychiatric nature. … with hesitation wounds [1-4]. Generally, no defensive …