Alcohol dependence, excessive drinking and deliberate self-harm
โ Scribed by Camilla Haw; Keith Hawton; Deborah Casey; Elizabeth Bale; Anna Shepherd
- Book ID
- 105823604
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 182 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-9285
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This article reviews 145 patients over the age of 65 years seen at a district general hospital after deliberate self-harm between 1973 and 1985. There was no significant change in the numbers seen per year, and they comprised 5.4% of all the hospital's self-harm cases. The male to female ratio was 1
Previous reports on deliberate self-harm (DSH) in old age are reviewed and the lack of any study on repetition in this group is pointed out. The study then describes 39 patients over the age of 60 who presented after repeated self-harm at a district general hospital between 1973 and 1993. They made
## Background: Deliberate self harm (dsh) in later life is under researched and is believed to be related to both mental illness and suicide. ## Aims: The aim of the study was to examine deliberate self-harm (dsh) in older people presenting to acute hospital services over three years. ## Method: