Increase in Self-Injury as a Method of Self-Harm in Ghent, Belgium: 1987-2013.

BACKGROUND:Self-harm is a major health care problem and changes in its prevalence and characteristics can have important implications for suicide prevention. The objective was to describe trends in the epidemiology of self-harm based on emergency department (A&E departments) visits over a 26-yea...

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Main Authors: Nikita Vancayseele, Gwendolyn Portzky, Kees van Heeringen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4889035?pdf=render