@article{ref1,
title="Psychiatric assessment of self-poisoning",
journal="Medicine (Abingdon)",
year="2020",
author="Martin, Garry and Brown, Sarah",
volume="48",
number="3",
pages="173-175",
abstract="Self-poisoning accounts for a significant number of attendances to acute services. It can occur at any age. The reasons that lead someone to self-poison are variable and individual. It is often a manifestation of distress. Women are more likely to present, or die, after overdose than men, although men are more likely to die by suicide overall. Self-harm, including self-poisoning, is a strong risk factor and antecedent to suicide. Psychosocial assessment offers an important opportunity to intervene. Risk stratification tools are not helpful alone, and should not replace a specialist clinical assessment, outlined here.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1357-3039",
doi="10.1016/j.mpmed.2019.12.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mpmed.2019.12.006"
}