Deliberate self-harm: How feasible are the current guidelines?

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 61-63

  Currie, Alan ^a   Blennerhassett, Richard ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Ita's Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Deliberate self harm; Guidelines; Multidisciplinary liaison team

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033048927     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S079096670000519X     Document Type: Article

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