A study of deliberate self-harm and its repetitionamong patients presenting to anemergency department

Crisis

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 217-224

  Yip, Paul S F ^a,b   Hawton, Keith ^c   Liu, Kayuet ^d   Liu, Kwong sun ^e   Ng, Pauline W L ^e   Kam, Pui man ^a   Law, Yik wa ^a,b   Wong, Tai wai ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Social Work and Social Administration ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^e PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Deliberate self harm; Hong kong; Oxford; Repetition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84855393491     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000069     Document Type: Article

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