Admissions to hospital for deliberate self-harm in England 1995-2000: An analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-183

  Wilkinson, Stephen ^a   Taylor, Gordon ^b   Templeton, Lorna ^a   Mistral, Willm ^a   Salter, Emma ^a   Bennett, Peter ^b  

^a AVON AND WILTSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deliberate self harm; Self injury; Self poisoning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMPLOYMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENGLAND; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; PATIENT ADMISSION; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRANQUILIZER;

EID: 0036737913     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/24.3.179     Document Type: Article

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