Deliberate self-harm
The characteristics of young patients who commit acts of deliberate self-harm vary widely, but the risk of suicide is very high in this population, UK investigators report.
"Deliberate self-harm and suicide are both major problems in young people," Drs. Keith Hawton and Louise Harriss, of the University of Oxford, point out.
"Rates of deliberate self-harm, the term used for the intentional self-poisoning or self-injury in many European countries because of the mixed motivation that is often involved, are highest in young persons," the researchers write in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
The researchers collected information on consecutive deliberate self-harm patients between the ages of 15 and 24 years who were seen at a general hospital over a 20-year period (1978 to 1997). National mortality registers were used to identify deaths recorded up to the end of 2000.
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"Deliberate self-harm and suicide are both major problems in young people," Drs. Keith Hawton and Louise Harriss, of the University of Oxford, point out.
"Rates of deliberate self-harm, the term used for the intentional self-poisoning or self-injury in many European countries because of the mixed motivation that is often involved, are highest in young persons," the researchers write in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
The researchers collected information on consecutive deliberate self-harm patients between the ages of 15 and 24 years who were seen at a general hospital over a 20-year period (1978 to 1997). National mortality registers were used to identify deaths recorded up to the end of 2000.
Read this important article by linking to: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_57882.html
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