Rates of self-harm presenting to general hospitals: A comparison of data from the Multicentre Study of Self-Harm in England and Hospital Episode Statistics

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Clements, Caroline ^a   Turnbull, Pauline ^a   Hawton, Keith ^b   Geulayov, Galit ^b   Waters, Keith ^c   Ness, Jennifer ^c   Townsend, Ellen ^d   Khundakar, Kazem ^e   Kapur, Nav ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEWBORN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960369029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009749     Document Type: Article

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