Can we use neurocognition to predict repetition of self-harm, and why might this be clinically useful? A perspective.
Over 800,000 people die by suicide each year globally, with non-fatal self-harm 20 times more common. With each episode of self-harm, the risks of future self-harm and suicide increase, as well as personal and healthcare costs. Therefore, early delineation of those at high-risk of future self-harm i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00007/full |