Self-Harm: Extent of the Problem and Prediction of Repetition

The International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 61-73

  Arensman, Ella ^a   Griffin, Eve ^a   Corcoran, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Age; Assessment; Ethnicity; Gender; Incidence; Prediction; Repetition; Risk; Self harm; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018045172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118903223.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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