Suicide After Deliberate Self-Harm: A 4-Year Cohort Study

2005683 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Jayne Cooper · University of Manchester

Navneet Kapur

Abstract

The results highlight the importance in a suicide prevention strategy of early intervention after an episode of self-harm. Treatment should include attention to physical illness, alcohol problems, and living circumstances. Self-harm appears to confer a particularly high risk of suicide in female patients.

Topics & Keywords

Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Poisoning and overdose treatments Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 162, Issue 2, pp. 297-303

DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.2.297

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