Deliberate self-harm in Oxford University students, 1993-2005: A descriptive and case-control study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-219

  Mahadevan, Su ^a   Hawton, Keith ^a   Casey, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Self harm; Self injury; Self poisoning; Students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POISONING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; UNIVERSITIES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77949416795     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0057-x     Document Type: Article

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