Deliberate self-harm in young people: attendance at a paediatric emergency department.

Sophia Morgan,Sinéad Byrne,Carole Boylan,Stephen McLearie,Carol Fitzpatrick

Deliberate self-harm in young people: attendance at a paediatric emergency department.

2009

Sophia Morgan
Sinéad Byrne
Carole Boylan
Stephen McLearie
Carol Fitzpatrick

Deliberate self-harm (DSH) is the strongest predictor of suicidal behaviour. This retrospective study reviewed all DSH presentations to our Paediatric Emergency Department between 2002-2006.

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Psychiatry
Clinical psychology
Attendance
Mental health
Self-destructive behaviour
Emergency department
Deliberate self-harm
Psychology
Retrospective cohort study
paediatric emergency
Medicine
risk groups

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