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Hawton, Keith; Harriss, Louise – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Background: Relatively little information is available about the characteristics and long-term outcome of children and adolescents aged under 15 years who present to general hospitals because of deliberate self-harm (DSH). Method: Information was collected on 710 consecutive under-15-year-olds presenting to a general hospital in central England…
Descriptors: Suicide, Adolescents, Self Destructive Behavior, Hospitalized Children
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Haw, Camilla; Bergen, Helen; Casey, Deborah; Hawton, Keith – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
Repetition of deliberate self-harm (DSH) is common. Some patients repeat multiple times. We have investigated the characteristics of repeaters, and mortality in three groups of DSH patients by repetition status. Data collected by the Oxford Monitoring System for Attempted Suicide were used to examine the pattern of repetition of DSH patients…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Hospitals, Suicide, Personality Traits