Deliberate self-harm in the emergency department experience from Karachi Pakistan

Crisis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-89

  Shahid, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Murad M ^a   Khan, Muhammad Saleem ^a   Jamal, Yasir ^b   Badshah, Aaref ^b   Rehmani, Rifat ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c Department of Emergency Medicine   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Deliberate self harm; Emergency department; Karachi; Pakistan; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ADMISSION; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 67649373084     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.30.2.85     Document Type: Article

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