Factors that influence emergency department doctors’ assessment of suicide risk in deliberate self-harm patients

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 283-287

  Cooper, Jayne B ^a   Lawlor, Martin P ^a   Hiroeh, Urara ^a   Kapur, Navneet ^a   Appleby, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deliberate self harm; Emergency department; Risk assessment; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 4544332319     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200312000-00008     Document Type: Article

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