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Reports of self‐injury in a maximum security hospital
Author(s) -
Swinton Mark,
Hopkins Richard,
Swinton Jonathan
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
criminal behaviour and mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1471-2857
pISSN - 0957-9664
DOI - 10.1002/cbm.207
Subject(s) - evening , maximum security , medicine , psychology , medical emergency , emergency medicine , criminology , physics , prison , astronomy
Previous studies have suggested that self‐injury rates vary during the day. This study is an analysis of all self‐injury incidents over an 18‐month period on the women's wards in a maximum security hospital. Self‐injury showed a marked peak late in the evening. Possible explanations are considered. Copyright © 1998 Whurr Publishers Ltd.