TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Frequent deliberate self-harm: repetition, suicide and cost after three or more years
JO  - Scottish medical journal
A1  - Rodger, C. R.
A1  - Scott, A. I.
SP  - 10
EP  - 12
VL  - 40
IS  - 1
N2  - This is a follow-up study of 44 patients who were admitted to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh after frequent deliberate self-harm (defined as three or more episodes of deliberate self-harm within one week) at least once between 1982 and 1987. Forty-two patients (95%) were traced after a minimum of three years (range 3yr 1 mo 8yr 9mo). Thirty eight patients were known to have repeated self-harm an average of 13 times during the follow-up. Only two patients had died, one of these by probable suicide. The average cost solely attributable to the in-patient accommodation and psychiatric assessment of this group during follow-up was 34,036.60 pounds (1986-87 prices).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0036-9330
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -