Are hospital services for self-harm getting better? An observational study examining management, service provision and temporal trends in England

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Cooper, Jayne ^a   Steeg, S ^a   Bennewith, O ^b   Lowe, M ^a   Gunnell, D ^b   House, A ^c   Hawton, K ^d   Kapur, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SELF HARM; SELF POISONING;

EID: 84889593834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003444     Document Type: Article

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