title: Suicide rate following attendance at an accident and emergency department with deliberate self harm.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the risk of suicide in patients attending an accident and emergency (A&E) department with deliberate self harm.
  
  
  METHODS
  Information was obtained on suicides and open verdicts from the coroner's office and cross checked with computerised records in the A&E department.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a trend to suicide among younger socially isolated males and older females.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a significant association between suicide and a previous attendance at A&E with deliberate self harm. Appropriate assessment of these patients is an efficient way of managing self harm.
authors.affiliation: Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rushdy
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Perez-Avila
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Allison
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*