Deliberate self-harm patients of no fixed abode: A study of characteristics and subsequent deaths in patients presenting to a general hospital

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 918-925

  Haw, Camilla ^a   Hawton, Keith ^a   Casey, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Homeless; Nofixed abode; Self harm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33750991311     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0106-7     Document Type: Article

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