injuries and poisoning
Overview of Poisoning
Deliberate poisoning
Poisoning may also be a deliberate attempt to commit murder or suicide. Most adults who attempt suicide by poisoning take more than one drug and also consume alcohol. Poisoning may be used to disable a person (for example, to rape or rob them). Rarely, parents with a psychiatric disorder poison their children to cause illness and thus gain medical attention (a disorder called Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another previously called Munchausen syndrome by proxy). 