Self-Cutting: Patient Characteristics Compared with Self-Poisoners

Autor/inn/en	Hawton, Keith; Harriss, Louise; Simkin, Sue; Bale, Elizabeth; Bond, Alison
Titel	Self-Cutting: Patient Characteristics Compared with Self-Poisoners
Quelle	In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 34 (2004) 3, S.199-208 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-0234
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Psychiatric Services; Patients; Suicide; Hospitals; Self Destructive Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Psychiatric care; Psychiatrische Versorgung; Patient; Selbstmord; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung
Abstract	A large (n = 14,892) consecutive sample of deliberate self-harm (attempted suicide) patients who presented to a general hospital in the United Kingdom during a 23-year study period was examined (over two consecutive time periods) in order to compare the characteristics of those who used self-cutting (n = 428) and those who self-poisoned (n = 11,065). Patients who used different methods on other occasions, or were not assessed by the psychiatric service, were excluded. In the first time period (January 1976?June 1988), the self-cutters were distinguished from the self-poisoners by more often being male, single, not employed, and having a history of previous deliberate self-harm. In the second time period (July 1988?December 1998) the self-cutters were again distinguished by more often being male and having a history of previous deliberate self-harm, but also by being more likely to live alone, misuse alcohol, and have low suicidal intent scores. The finding of an excess of males among the self-cutters is contrary to the impression in the literature that self-cutting presentations to general hospitals more often involve females. It also indicates that the treatment needs of those who deliberately cut themselves are likely to differ from those of self-poisoners. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10