Patients with deliberate self-harm seen by a consultation-liaison service

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-197

  Brakoulias, Vlasios ^a   Ryan, Christopher ^a,b   Byth, Karen ^c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Deliberate self harm; Self injurious behaviour; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF POISONING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OVERDOSE; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 33748462092     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2006.02262.x     Document Type: Article

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