Risk factors for repetition and suicide following self-harm in older adults: Multicentre cohort study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 399-404

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84860580726     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.094177     Document Type: Article

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