Citation

Vassilas CA. Br. J. Psychiatry 1988; 152: 706-709.

Affiliation

University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3167452

Abstract

A retrospective case-note study of young women admitted for appendicectomy showed that in those patients who had a normal appendix removed, there was a significantly higher rate of admission for parasuicide, before and after the index admission; 27/184 (approximately 15%) compared with 17/368 (approximately 5%) for patients who had an inflamed appendix removed.

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