The epidemiology and management of self-harm amongst adults in England
Author(s) -
David Gunnell,
Olive Bennewith,
T. J. Peters,
Allan House,
Keith Hawton
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdh192
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , attendance , audit , psychosocial , harm , stratified sampling , emergency medicine , medical emergency , psychiatry , psychology , social psychology , management , pathology , economics , economic growth
Previous research into the epidemiology and management of self-harm has been largely based in centres with a special interest in this behaviour or focused on hospital admissions only. There are no national data on the characteristics and management of people presenting to hospital following self-harm.
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