Citation

Bergen HA, Hawton KE, Waters K, Cooper J, Kapur N. J. Affect. Disord. 2010; 127(1-3): 257-265.

Affiliation

Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jad.2010.05.001

PMID

20684848

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Self-harm is a common reason for presentation to the Emergency Department. An important question is whether psychosocial assessment reduces risk of repeated self-harm. Repetition has been investigated with survival analysis using various models, though many are not appropriate for recurrent events. METHODS: Survival analysis was used to investigate associations between psychosocial assessment following an episode of self-harm and subsequent repetition, including (i) one repeat, and (ii) recurrent repetition (

Language: en