@article{ref1,
title="Correlates and short-term course of self-poisoning in adolescents",
journal="British journal of psychiatry",
year="1996",
author="Kerfoot, M. and Dyer, E. and Harrington, V. and Woodham, A. and Harrington, R.",
volume="168",
number="1",
pages="38-42",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The features of adolescents who had taken an overdose were assessed to determine the focus for a treatment trial. METHOD: Overdose cases were compared with psychiatric and community controls who had not taken an overdose in respect of mental disorders and family background. RESULTS: Overdose cases had high rates of major depression, but most of them recovered from depression within six weeks of the overdose. There was a specific association between taking an overdose and family dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS: Family dysfunction could be a useful focus in a clinical trial of the aftercare of adolescents who have taken an overdose.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-1250",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}