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
Deliberate self-harm as seen in Kampala, Uganda
β Scribed by Eugene Kinyanda; Heidi Hjelmeland; Seggane Musisi
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 247 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-9285
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