TY - JOUR PY - 2003// TI - Psychiatric assessment and management of deliberate self-poisoning patients JO - Medicine (Abingdon) A1 - Hawton, Keith E. SP - 16 EP - 19 VL - 31 IS - 9 N2 - In the UK, deliberate self-poisoning is the most common reason for acute medical admission of women to hospital, and is second only to ischaemic heart disease for admission of men. In a family practice of 2500 patients, an average of five to seven per year will be referred to hospital after deliberate self-poisoning.
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