TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1988//
TI  - Deliberate self-poisoning in childhood and early adolescence
JO  - Journal of child psychology and psychiatry
A1  - Kerfoot, M.
SP  - 335
EP  - 343
VL  - 29
IS  - 3
N2  - One hundred children under 16 yrs of age, who were admitted to hospital following an episode of deliberate self-poisoning, were compared with 50 psychiatric, non-suicidal controls, proportionally matched for age and sex. The self-poisoners showed more delinquency, school problems, previous self-poisoning, running away, and previous experience of "Care" than did the psychiatric controls. Their families showed more evidence of marital failure, previous psychiatric disorder, self-poisoning, and delinquency, than was present in control families. Their presentation was often acute, though usually within the setting of long-term, chronic difficulties, and emphasises the need for skilled and careful assessment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-9630
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -