Repetition of deliberate self-harm: A study of the characteristics and subsequent deaths in patients presenting to a general hospital according to extent of repetition

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-396

  Haw, Camilla ^a   Bergen, Helen ^d   Casey, Deborah ^d   Hawton, Keith ^b,c  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Center for Suicide Research

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 35148853174     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2007.37.4.379     Document Type: Article

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