Ethnic differences in self-harm, rates, characteristics and service provision: Three-city cohort study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-218

  Cooper, Jayne ^a   Murphy, Elizabeth ^a   Webb, Roger ^a   Hawton, Keith ^b   Bergen, Helen ^b   Waters, Keith ^c   Kapur, Navneet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIA; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MINORITY HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956856965     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.072637     Document Type: Article

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