Citation

Yeo HM, Yeo WW. Arch. Emerg. Med. 1993; 10(3): 161-166.

Affiliation

Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, U.K.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8216587

PMCID

PMC1285981

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify whether a past history of childhood sexual abuse is a risk factor for repeated Deliberate Self-Harm (DSH). The study was a 6-month prospective study of 178 patients responsible for 190 consecutive cases of DSH seen during a 3-month censoring period. Patients were identified by review of the in-patient and accident and emergency (A&E) records of all cases of DSH at the A&E department of a major teaching hospital. Patients with a history of childhood sexual abuse showed a marked clustering of four major risk factors for repeat DSH (unemployment, past deliberate self-poisoning, self-injury and psychiatric illness) and were significantly more likely to repeat DSH within the 6-month follow-up period.

Language: en