title: Aspects of deliberate self-harm.
abstract: Research into suicide and attempted suicide (parasuicide, non-fatal deliberate self-harm) has led to a vast accumulation of literature at a rate too fast to permit the generalist easily to keep himself informed of the latest thinking in these emotive and tragic areas. What are the latest facts in this often overpowering mass of data and speculative thinking? This article offers a guide to modern suicidology.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States