Repeat self-harm: an 18-month follow-up.
An 18-month follow-up of cases of deliberate self-harm (DSH) revealed that 30% had repeated the act. Of a large number of items recorded at index DSH only one, a past history of self-harm, was associated with repetition. It is suggested that some factors not predictive of longer term repeat DSH may be important in the assessment of risk for immediate further self-harm.
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Department of Psychiatry, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
O'Brien
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Holton
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Hurren
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Watt
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D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*