Management in Accident and Emergency (A&E) of Children and Adolescents Presenting with Deliberate Self-Harm (DSH)

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 513-520

  Nadkarni, Amulya ^b   Parkin, Andrew ^c   Dogra, Nisna ^c   Evans, Philip Adrian ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Moore House   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Accident and Emergency; Children and adolescents; Deliberate self harm; Management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0142118215     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13591045030084008     Document Type: Article

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