Clinical management of deliberate self-harm in young people: The need for evidence-based approaches to reduce repetition

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 121-128

  Burns, Jane ^a   Dudley, Michael ^b   Hazell, Philip ^c   Patton, George ^d  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital ^*

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical interventions; Delibrate self harm; Evidence based; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTATION; FAMILY THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15844395219     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2005.01532.x     Document Type: Article

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