Incidence, clinical management, and mortality risk following self harm among children and adolescents: Cohort study in primary care

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 359, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Morgan, Catharine ^a   Webb, Roger T ^a   Carr, Matthew J ^a   Kontopantelis, Evangelos ^a   Green, Jonathan ^b,d   Chew Graham, Carolyn A ^c   Kapur, Nav ^a,e   Ashcroft, Darren M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY RISK; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85031765108     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j4351     Document Type: Article

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