Citation

Kapur N, Cooper J, Bennewith O, Gunnell D, Hawton KE. Br. J. Psychiatry 2010; 197(1): 5-7.

Affiliation

Centre for Suicide Prevention, School of Community Based Medicine, University Place, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. nav.kapur@manhester.ac.uk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

10.1192/bjp.bp.109.072496

PMID

20592425

Abstract

Self-harm is a major public health problem and universal interventions such as contacting individuals by post or telephone following a self-harm episode have received much attention recently. They may also appeal to service providers because of their low cost. However, a widespread introduction of these interventions cannot be justified without a better understanding of whether they work, and if so how.

Language: en