The epidemiology of self-harm in a UK-wide primary care patient cohort, 2001-2013

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Carr, Matthew J ^a   Ashcroft, Darren M ^a,b   Kontopantelis, Evangelos ^a,c   Awenat, Yvonne ^c   Cooper, Jayne ^a   Chew Graham, Carolyn ^d,e   Kapur, Nav ^a   Webb, Roger T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b The University of Manchester   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Epidemiology; Primary health care; Self harm; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959336651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0753-5     Document Type: Article

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