Variation in deliberate self-harm around Christmas and New Year

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 855-867

  Bergen, Helen ^a   Hawton, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Christmas; Deliberate self harm; Holidays; New Year; Seasonal variation; UK

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUICIDE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; DELIBERATE SELF HARM; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORD; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547226662     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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