Self-harm in Oxford, England: epidemiological and clinical trends, 1996–2010

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 695-704

  Hawton, Keith ^a   Haw, Camilla ^a   Casey, Deborah ^a   Bale, Liz ^a   Brand, Fiona ^a   Rutherford, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; National guidance; Self harm; Self injury; Self poisoning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG OVERDOSE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939992091     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-014-0990-1     Document Type: Article

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