Monitoring deliberate self-harm presentations to general hospitals

Crisis

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 157-163

  Hawton, Keith ^a   Bale, Liz ^a   Casey, Deborah ^a   Shepherd, Anna ^a   Simkin, Sue ^a   Harriss, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deliberate self harm; General hospital; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

AUTOMUTILATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SUICIDE;

HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 33846184657     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.27.4.157     Document Type: Review

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