Method choice in nonfatal self-harm as a predictor of subsequent episodes of self-harm and suicide: Implications for clinical practice

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Miller, Matthew ^a   Hempstead, Katherine ^b   Nguyen, Tuan ^c   Barber, Catherine ^a   Rosenberg Wohl, Sarah ^d   Azrael, Deborah ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878055273     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301326     Document Type: Article

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