Risk of self-harm and suicide in people with specific psychiatric and physical disorders: comparisons between disorders using English national record linkage.

BACKGROUND: Psychiatric illnesses are known risk factors for self-harm but associations between self-harm and physical illnesses are less well established. We aimed to stratify selected chronic physical and psychiatric illnesses according to their relative risk of self-harm. DESIGN: Retrospective co...

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Main Authors: Singhal, A, Ross, J, Seminog, O, Hawton, K, Goldacre, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd 2014