TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Repeat deliberate self-harm: a link with childhood sexual abuse?
JO  - Archives of emergency medicine
A1  - Yeo, H. M.
A1  - Yeo, W. W.
SP  - 161
EP  - 166
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
N2  - The purpose of this study was to identify whether a past history of childhood sexual abuse is a risk factor for repeated Deliberate Self-Harm (DSH). The study was a 6-month prospective study of 178 patients responsible for 190 consecutive cases of DSH seen during a 3-month censoring period. Patients were identified by review of the in-patient and accident and emergency (A&E) records of all cases of DSH at the A&E department of a major teaching hospital. Patients with a history of childhood sexual abuse showed a marked clustering of four major risk factors for repeat DSH (unemployment, past deliberate self-poisoning, self-injury and psychiatric illness) and were significantly more likely to repeat DSH within the 6-month follow-up period.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0264-4924
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -