Browsing Suicide and Self Harm by Issue Date
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Self-harm is common in adolescents in England
(2013)Question: What are the epidemiology and characteristics of self-harm in adolescents in England? Population: In total, 5205 children and adolescents aged up to 18 presenting with self-harm to general hospital emergency ... -
Suicide and self-injury: a recovery based approach.
(2013)This article describes a new training programme for clinical staff working with those who present with self-injurious and suicidal behaviour using a recovery focused approach to promote safety and manage risk. The two-day ... -
Risk factors associated with repetition of self-harm in black and minority ethnic (BME) groups: A multi-centre cohort study.
(2013)Background: Little information is available to inform clinical assessments on risk of self-harm repetition in ethnic minority groups. Methods: In a prospective cohort study, using data collected from six hospitals in England ... -
Does clinical management improve outcomes following self-harm? Results from the multicentre study of self-harm in England.
(2013)Background: Evidence to guide clinical management of self-harm is sparse, trials have recruited selected samples, and psychological treatments that are suggested in guidelines may not be available in routine practice. Aims: ... -
Alcohol-related mortality following self-harm: A multicentre cohort study.
(2014)Objectives: To assess alcohol-related premature death in people who self-harm compared to the general population, including variation by socioeconomic deprivation. Design: A retrospective longitudinal cohort analysis from ... -
Variation by ethnic group in premature mortality risk following self-harm: A multicentre cohort study in England.
(2015)Background: Incidence and risk factors for self-harm vary according to ethnicity. People who self-harm have been shown to have increased risk of premature death, but little is known about mortality following self-harm in ... -
Suicide following self-harm: Findings from the Multicentre Study of self-harm in England, 2000-2012
(2015)Background Self-harm is a key risk factor for suicide and it is important to have contemporary information on the extent of risk. Methods Mortality follow-up to 2012 of 40,346 self-harm patients identified in the three ... -
Switching methods of self-harm at repeat episodes: Findings from a multicentre cohort study
(2015)BACKGROUND: Self-poisoning and self-injury have widely differing incidences in hospitals and in the community, which has led to confusion about the concept of self-harm. Categorising self-harm simply by a method may be ... -
Alcohol use and misuse, self-harm and subsequent mortality: An epidemiological and longitudinal study from the multicentre study of self-harm in England.
(2015)Objectives: Alcohol use and misuse are strongly associated with self-harm and increased risk of future self-harm and suicide. The UK general population prevalence of alcohol use, misuse and alcoholattributable harm has ... -
Hospital management of suicidal behaviour and subsequent mortality: A prospective cohort study.
(2015)Background: Self-poisoning and self-injury are associated with a high risk of suicide or death from any cause but the effect of routine aspects of hospital management on mortality risk is unknown. Methods: We did a prospective ... -
High-Volume Repeaters of Self-Harm
(2016)BACKGROUND: Repetition of self-harm is common and is strongly associated with suicide. Despite this, there is limited research on high-volume repetition.AIM: To investigate individuals with high-volume repeat self-harm ... -
Suicidal events due to overdose and medical comorbidities in psychiatric disorders of ICD-10 classes F1-F4: A comparative overview of five studies in general hospital admissions
(2016)Introduction General hospital-based studies may help towards improving the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Objectives and aims Based on five representative studies in general hospital admissions, we will represent a ... -
A descriptive study of feelings of arrested escape (entrapment) and arrested anger in people presenting to an emergency department following an episode of self-harm
(2016)To explore the role of elevated feelings of anger and desires to escape (fight/flight), which are experienced as inhibited, blocked, and arrested (i.e., arrested anger and arrested flight/escape leading to feelings of ... -
Rates of self-harm presenting to general hospitals: A comparison of data from the Multicentre Study of Self-Harm in England and Hospital Episode Statistics.
(2016)Objective: Rates of hospital presentation for self harm in England were compared using different national and local data sources. Design: The study was descriptive and compared bespoke data collection methods for recording ... -
Self-harm and life problems: findings from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England.
(2016)Self-harm is a major clinical problem and is strongly linked to suicide. It is important to understand the problems faced by those who self-harm to design effective clinical services and suicide prevention strategies. We ... -
Epidemiology and trends in non-fatal self-harm in three centres in England, 2000-2012: Findings from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England
(2016)Objectives: Self-harm is a major health problem in many countries, with potential adverse outcomes including suicide and other causes of premature death. It is important to monitor national trends in this behaviour. We ... -
Impact of the recent recession on self-harm: Longitudinal ecological and patient-level investigation from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England
(2016)Background Economic recessions are associated with increases in suicide rates but there is little information for non-fatal self-harm. Aims To investigate the impact of the recent recession on rates of self-harm in England ... -
Predictive accuracy of risk scales following self-harm: Multicentre, prospective cohort study
(2017)Background Scales are widely used in psychiatric assessments following self-harm. Robust evidence for their diagnostic use is lacking. Aims To evaluate the performance of risk scales (Manchester Self-Harm Rule, ReACT ... -
Alcohol misuse and self-harm: an opportunity for early intervention in the emergency department
(2017)Both alcohol-related and self-harm-related hospital presentations place substantial demands on frontline clinical services. Every year, in England, there are over 200 000 emergency department attendances after self-harm. -
Relative toxicity of mood stabilisers and antipsychotics: case fatality and fatal toxicity associated with self-poisoning
(2018)Background: Bipolar and other psychiatric disorders are associated with considerably increased risk of suicidal behaviour, which may include self-poisoning with medication used to treat the disorder. Therefore, choice of ...
