The prevalence of previous self-harm amongst self-poisoning patients in Sri Lanka

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 517-520

  Mohamed, Fahim ^a   Perera, Aravinda ^a   Wijayaweera, Kusal ^a   Kularatne, Keerthi ^b   Jayamanne, Shaluka ^c   Eddleston, Michael ^a,d   Dawson, Andrew ^a,e   Konradsen, Flemming ^a,f   Gunnell, David ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Teaching Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deliberate self harm; Developing countries; Previous self harm; Self poisoning; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POISONING; PREVALENCE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE;

EID: 79956151017     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0217-z     Document Type: Article

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