TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1976//
TI  - Deliberate self-harm: a follow-up study of 279 patients
JO  - British journal of psychiatry
A1  - Morgan, H. G.
A1  - Barton, J.
A1  - Pottle, S.
A1  - Pocock, H.
A1  - Burns-Cox, C. J.
SP  - 361
EP  - 368
VL  - 128
IS  - 
N2  - Two-hundred-and-seventy-nine patients (103 men, 176 women) were followed-up 1-2 years after an act of non-fatal deliberate self-harm. Of 155 patients offered a psychiatric out-patient appointment at the time, only 68 completed the treatment. A further act of deliberate self-harm was committed by 26 men and 41 women within twelve months. The factors most highly associated with repetition were previous psychiatric treatment, a previous act of deliberate self-harm, and a criminal record. These factors held good for a separate series of patients. Significantly more repeaters received prolonged psychiatric care after the initial episode of deliberate self-harm. The implications of these findings for the clinical management of such patients are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1250
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -