Psychosocial assessment of self-harm patients and risk of repeat presentation: An instrumental variable analysis using time of hospital presentation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Carroll, Robert ^a   Metcalfe, Chris ^a   Steeg, Sarah ^b   Davies, Neil M ^a   Cooper, Jayne ^b   Kapur, Nav ^b,c   Gunnell, David ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETERS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; REPEAT HOSPITAL PRESENTATION; REPEAT SELF HARM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SELF POISONING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME OF DAY OF HOSPITAL PRESENTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84960339433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149713     Document Type: Article

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