Deliberate self-harm in children and adolescents: Association with social deprivation

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 303-307

  Ayton, Agnes ^a   Rasool, Hufrize ^a   Cottrell, David ^b  

^a West End Child and Family Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Ecological study; Self harm; Social deprivation

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERDOSE; POISONING; POVERTY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; STATISTICS; STREET DRUGS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0347655327     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-003-0344-0     Document Type: Article

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