Problem drug use, drug misuse and deliberate self-harm: Trends and patient characteristics, with a focus on young people, Oxford, 1993-2006

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-93

  Haw, Camilla M ^a   Hawton, Keith ^b  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Drug dependence; Drug misuse; Self harm

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951809424     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0170-x     Document Type: Article

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