@article{ref1,
title="Deliberate self-poisoning and self-injury in the psychiatric hospital",
journal="British journal of medical psychology",
year="1978",
author="Hawton, Keith E.",
volume="51",
number="3",
pages="253-259",
abstract="Acts of self-poisoning and self-injury carried out by in-patients and day patients while in treatment at two psychiatric hospitals were recorded over a one-year period. Comparison with results from a survey based on referrals to a general hospital in the same area demonstrated that the rate at which these events occurred was over 50 times greater for patients in psychiatric care than in the general population. A larger proportion of the psychiatric hospital incidents involved self-injury. Analysis of the records of a consecutive series of all psychiatric hospital patients revealed that at least one-third had a previous history of self-poisoning or self-injury. Of the patients carrying out such acts in one hospital, 77 per cent had a history of this behaviour prior to admission. Clusters of incidents were identified. Possible factors underlying this behaviour in the hospital setting and means of prevention are suggested.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-1129",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}