‘Given up hope of dying’: A child protection approach to deliberate self-harm in adolescents admitted to a paediatric ward

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-264

  Souter, Annie ^a   Kraemer, Sebastian ^a  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescent psychiatry; child protection; deliberate self harm; overdose; paediatric liaison

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055303330     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2004.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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