Impact of national policy initiatives on fatal and non-fatal self-harm after psychiatric hospital discharge: time series analysis.

BACKGROUND: Risk of self-harm and suicide is greatly increased in the period after discharge from psychiatric in-patient care. AIMS: To investigate the impact on suicide of a series of policy initiatives to enhance care in the immediate post-discharge period. METHOD: A time series analysis was base...

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Main Authors: Gunnell, D, Metcalfe, C, While, D, Hawton, K, Ho, D, Appleby, L, Kapur, N
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012