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Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2014 Jan;16(1):430. doi: 10.1007/s11920-013-0430-z.
Autoerotic deaths are defined as accidental deaths that occur during individual, solitary sexual activity in which some type of apparatus that was used to enhance the sexual stimulation of the deceased caused unintentional death. In the Western countries, the incidence of these deaths is of approximately 0.5 deaths per million inhabitants per year. In this paper, five myths about autoerotic death are explored. Myth #1: the manner of death in autoerotic death is usually accidental but could also be suicidal or natural (reality: by definition, all autoerotic deaths are accidental). Myth #2: autoerotic death can happen with a sexual partner (reality: by definition, autoerotic deaths are solitary activities). Myth #3: an escape mechanism must be found at the scene (reality: there is no escape mechanism to be observed at the scene in the majority of autoerotic deaths). Myth #4: all autoerotic deaths are related to asphyxia (reality: not all autoerotic deaths are related to asphyxia). Myth #5: masturbation is an important component of all autoerotic activities and therefore all autoerotic deaths (reality: evidence of masturbation at the scene is a rare finding).
自慰性死亡被定义为在个体、单独的性活动期间发生的意外死亡，在这些活动中，某种用于增强死者性刺激的器具导致了非故意的死亡。在西方国家，这类死亡的发生率约为每百万居民每年 0.5 例。本文探讨了关于自慰性死亡的五个误区。误区 1：自慰性死亡的死亡方式通常是意外的，但也可能是自杀或自然的（事实：根据定义，所有自慰性死亡都是意外的）。误区 2：自慰性死亡可以与性伴侣一起发生（事实：根据定义，自慰性死亡是单独的活动）。误区 3：现场必须找到逃生机制（事实：在大多数自慰性死亡中，现场没有观察到逃生机制）。误区 4：所有自慰性死亡都与窒息有关（事实：并非所有自慰性死亡都与窒息有关）。误区 5：自慰是所有自慰性活动的重要组成部分，因此也是所有自慰性死亡的原因（事实：现场有自慰证据的情况很少见）。
