Deliberate Self-Harm and Out-patient Attendance
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Deliberate self harm.
Introduction This paper summarises the research evidence presented in a recent issue of EVective Health Care on deliberate self harm. Deliberate self harm is one of the top five reasons for acute medical admissions in the UK. The term deliberate self harm includes intentional self poisoning or self injury (such as cutting), irrespective of the apparent purpose of the act. Self poisoning is the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.152.4.575a