Self-endangering behavior

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Under self-endangering behavior refers to actions that consciously or unconsciously could cause damage to one's health. This damage can be both physical and psychological .

Conscious self-harm

One takes an action with the intention of harming oneself or taking the risk of harm.

A conscious self-endangerment can z. B. self-injurious behavior .

Unconscious self-harm

If one carries out an act that is self-damaging without wanting to harm or endanger oneself, one speaks of an unconscious self-harm or negligence.

So z. B. aggressive driving represent an unconscious self-endangerment.

Diseases with self-endangering symptoms

The Tourette's syndrome can manifest itself in a self-destructive act like jumping around or head against the wall encounter express.

The borderline personality disorder has the self-harm and consumption of drugs, alcohol and non-prescribed medications as symptoms.

Legal differentiation of unpunished self-endangerment from criminal external influence

If the victim consciously takes on a danger created by a third party and does nothing to protect himself (e.g. the passenger is not wearing seat belts in an illegal car race and is killed in an accident), this is referred to as an agreeable third-party danger. If, on the other hand, the victim is endangered by his own actions and is harmed as a result, for example by taking drugs, one speaks of self-endangering himself. In both cases there is no objective attribution of the course of events and its consequences. The driver or drug seller does not commit any criminal act of homicide. On the other hand, it is different if the driver or the dealer are in charge of the crime by virtue of their superior knowledge , for example because the passenger is a minor and incapable of understanding or the drug user is recognizably in a state of incapacity for the seller due to a pathological mental disorder .

Web links

• Johannes Kaspar, "Responsible self-endangerment" in the case of improper consumption of medically prescribed substances [1]

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Definition of Conscious Self-Endangerment. Retrieved November 20, 2014 . 
2. ^ The definition of negligence. Retrieved November 20, 2014 . 
3. ↑ The Tourette syndrome in "we live". Retrieved November 20, 2014 . 
4. ^ Definition of borderline from AWO. Retrieved November 20, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Maximilian Lasson: Responsible self-endangerment and mutual endangerment. Overview of a still current dispute in the criminal law dogmatics ZJS 2009, pp. 359–368

This article is about a health issue. It is not used for self-diagnosis and does not replace a diagnosis by a doctor. Please note the information on health issues !