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Self-harm in England: a tale of three cities. Multicentre study of self-harm.
Keith Hawton,Helen A. Bergen,Deborah Casey,Sue Simkin,Ben Palmer,Jayne Cooper,Nav Kapur,Judith Horrocks,Allan House,Rachael Lilley,Rachael Noble,David Owens +11 more
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Multicentre monitoring of self-harm in England has demonstrated similar overall patterns ofSelf- Harm in Oxford, Manchester and Leeds, with some differences reflecting local suicide rates.Abstract:
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Self-harm is a major healthcare problem in the United Kingdom, but monitoring of hospital presentations has largely been done separately in single centres Multicentre monitoring of self-harm has been established as a result of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy for Englandread more
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Predicting suicide following self-harm: systematic review of risk factors and risk scales.
Melissa Chan,Henna Bhatti,Nicholas Meader,Sarah Stockton,Jonathan Evans,Rory C. O'Connor,Nav Kapur,Tim Kendall +7 more
TL;DR: The first systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies of risk factors and risk assessment scales to predict suicide following self-harm found no scales have sufficient evidence to support their use and are unlikely to be of much practical use.
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An international comparison of adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicide attempts: Germany and the USA.
TL;DR: It seems that NSSI has to be understood as worldwide phenomenon, at least in Western cultures, as no differences were found in the prevalence and characteristics of self-injury and suicidal behaviors between adolescents from Germany and the USA.
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Non-suicidal self-injury, attempted suicide, and suicidal intent among psychiatric inpatients
TL;DR: Patients' history of NSSI (presence and frequency) was more strongly associated with history of suicide attempts than were patients' depressive symptoms, hopelessness, and symptoms of borderline personality disorder, and as stronglyassociated with suicide attempt history as current levels of suicidal ideation.
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Acetaminophen (APAP) hepatotoxicity—Isn’t it time for APAP to go away?
TL;DR: The ongoing controversy surrounding the proper role for this ubiquitous pain reliever is reviewed: its history, pathogenesis, clinical challenges in recognition and management, and current regulatory status are highlighted.
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Repetition of self-harm and suicide following self-harm in children and adolescents: findings from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England
Keith Hawton,Helen A. Bergen,Navneet Kapur,Jayne Cooper,Sarah Steeg,Jennifer Ness,Keith Waters +6 more
TL;DR: Self-cutting as a method of self-harm in children and adolescents conveys greater risk of suicide (and repetition) than self-poisoning although different methods are usually used for suicide.
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The National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England
David Duffy,Keith Foster +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a co-ordinated set of activities designed to take place over several years which evolve as new priorities and new evidence on prevention emerge, providing a coherent approach to suicide prevention based on the four key principles of comprehensiveness, evidence-based, specific and subject to evaluation.
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UK legislation on analgesic packs: before and after study of long term effect on poisonings
Keith Hawton,Sue Simkin,Jonathan J Deeks,Jayne Cooper,Amy Johnston,Keith Waters,Morag Arundel,William Bernal,Bridget Gunson,Mark Hudson,Deepak Suri,Kenneth J. Simpson +11 more
TL;DR: Legislation restricting pack sizes of analgesics in the United Kingdom has been beneficial and a further reduction in pack sizes could prevent more deaths.
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Psychological autopsy study of suicides by people aged under 35.
TL;DR: A broad prevention strategy is needed to reverse the recent rise in the suicide rate in young people, with a large number of highly significant social, interpersonal and clinical differences between suicides and controls found.
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Attempted Suicide: A Practical Guide to Its Nature and Management
Keith Hawton,Jose Catalan +1 more
TL;DR: This second edition has been updated, particularly with reference to recent changes in the patterns of attempted suicide - such as the increasing number of adolescent cases; motivational aspects of self-poisoning; and the influences of unemployment.
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Psychotropic Medication Consumption Patterns in the UK General Population
TL;DR: Results suggest that physicians may not be sufficiently trained to deal with the overlap between general practice and psychiatry on psychotropic medication consumption and patterns of psychotropic prescription differ in the UK compared with other European and North American countries.