Patient characteristics and behaviours associated with self-harm and attempted suicide in acute psychiatric wards

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1004-1013

  Stewart, Duncan ^a   Ross, Jamie ^a   Watson, Charlotte ^a   James, Karen ^b   Bowers, Len ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental health nursing; Risk management; Self harm; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFLICT; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGGRESSION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858276058     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03832.x     Document Type: Article

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