Re-presentation and suicide rates in emergency department patients who self-harm

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 322-327

  Howson, Mark A ^a,b   Yates, Kim M ^b   Hatcher, Simon ^b  

^a North Shore Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deliberate self harm; Emergency service; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; TRANQUILIZER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF POISONING; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OVERDOSE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF MUTILATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48549089705     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01104.x     Document Type: Article

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