Gender variables associated with female self-poisoning
Self-poisoning - the deliberate, non-fatal ingestion of medicinal agents in excess of the recommended dose - is characterised wherever it occurs in Western society by a predominance of women - usually in the order of 2:1, and in over 60% of cases psychotropic medication is employed. Despite this the...
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Cranfield University
2016
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| Online Access: | http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/10363 |