Self-injury is the eighth leading cause of death in the United States: It is time to pay attention

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1069-1070

  Rockett, Ian R H ^a   Caine, Eric D ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AUTOMUTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FATALITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NOTE; SELF POISONING; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946548441     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.1418     Document Type: Note

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