Deborah Casey

TL;DR: Hospital services offer less to people who have cut themselves, although they are far more likely to repeat, than to those who have self-poisoned, and attendance at hospital should result in psychosocial assessment of needs regardless of method of self-harm.

TL;DR: Past history of DSH was the variable most strongly associated with frequent (4+) and less frequent (1-3) repetitions, and personality disorder was the only variable that was associated with 4+ repetitions compared with no repeats, although a number of variables distinguished between patients with 1-3 repetitions and no repeat episodes.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identified episodes of self-harm presenting to six hospitals in the UK cities of Oxford, Leeds, and Manchester over an 18-month period (1st March 2000 to 31st August 2001).

TL;DR: There has been a significant increase in excessive drinking and consumption of alcohol around the time of DSH by females but not males, which may relate to increases in the affordability and availability of alcohol and to social changes in drinking patterns.

TL;DR: NFA DSH patients are a vulnerable group of patients at high risk of DSH repetition and with increased mortality from all causes, and specialist services may need to be developed to meet the particular needs of this patient group.