TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Profile of hospital admissions due to self-inflicted harm in Los Angeles County from 2001 to 2010
JO  - Journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad
A1  - Ahmadi, Alireza
A1  - Bazargan, Mohsen
A1  - Rahmani, Elham
A1  - Pan, Deyu
A1  - Zahmatkesh, Golara
A1  - Teruya, Stacey
SP  - 1244
EP  - 1250
VL  - 62
IS  - 5
N2  - We aimed to describe the demographic profile of self-inflicted harm (SIH) in Los Angeles County between 2001 and 2010 and to investigate trends over this 10-year period. We used the California Hospital Discharge Data to investigate all cases of hospital admission due to SIH, including suicide attempts and if they had a concurrent psychiatric diagnosis based on ICD-9 codes. African-Americans (AA) had the highest 10-year SIH admission rates. SIH admission rates remained steady throughout the 10-year study period. Median age of SIH was significantly lower in Latinos. Episodic mood disorders were the most common psychiatric comorbidity. The use of solid/liquid poisoning was the most common SIH method among all racial/ethnic groups. We found major disparities in SIH admissions across racial/ethnic subgroups. The importance of programs to identify, prevent, and treat SIH in these groups is discussed.<br><br>© 2017 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13416
ID  - ref1
ER  -