Help-seeking before and after episodes of self-harm: A descriptive study in school pupils in England

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fortune, Sarah ^a   Sinclair, Julia ^a   Hawton, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM; FEMALE; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 57049120541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-369     Document Type: Article

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