JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2023 BackgroundVeterans with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and/or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be at increased risk of suicide attempts and other forms of intentional self-harm as compared to veterans without ...
Bhanu Pratap Singh Rawat +10 more
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An interrupted time series evaluation of the effect of cannabis legalization on intentional self-harm in two Canadian provinces: Ontario and Alberta [PDF]
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2023 IntroductionDespite the association between cannabis use and higher prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempt, the effect of cannabis legalization and regulation in Canada on intentional self-harm has not been determined ...
Michael D. Cusimano +4 more
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Factors influencing intentional self-harm in Chungcheongbuk Province relative to the Seoul region in the Republic of Korea: a retrospective study [PDF]
Osong Public Health and Research PerspectivesObjectives This study investigated factors influencing intentional self-harm in Chungcheongbuk Province (hereinafter, Chungbuk) compared to Seoul in the Republic of Korea.
Hyun-Ju Lee
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Survival following intentional succinylcholine injection for self-harm
Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020 Succinylcholine is a short-acting depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent. We describe a case where the above drug was employed for self-harm by a health-care worker.
Meenhas Oravil Kunhahamed +4 more
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Patterns and outcomes of individuals admitted at emergency units following intentional self-harm in Northern Uganda [PDF]
Discover Mental HealthWe retrospectively reviewed charts of 253 self-harming patients admitted to emergency units in Northern Uganda in 2021. Twenty-two (8.7%) died by suicide, especially due to organophosphate poisoning (n = 14, 63.6%).
Mark Mohan Kaggwa +4 more
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Author Correction: Correlating heatwaves and relative humidity with suicide (fatal intentional self-harm). [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2021 Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01448-3, published online 15 November 2021\ud \ud The original version of this Article contained an error in Table 3 where rows 3 and 5 were incorrect,\ud \ud “Number of countries showing a significant increase in suicide for each unit increase of heatwave counts”\ud \ud now reads:\ud
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Suicide following hospital admission for mental health conditions, physical illness, injury and intentional self-harm in Victoria, Australia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 ObjectiveThe majority of suicide decedents have had contact with health services close to their death. Some of these contacts include admissions to hospitals for physical and mental health conditions, injury and intentional self-harm.
Dasamal Tharanga Fernando +2 more
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An emergency department medical record review for adolescent intentional self-harm injuries. [PDF]
Inj Epidemiol, 2021 Abstract Background Non-suicidal self-injury and suicide attempts are increasing problems among American adolescents. This study developed a definition for identifying intentional self-harm (ISH) injuries in emergency department (ED) records coded with International Classification of Diseases ...
Hansen A +4 more
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Risk for Premature Mortality and Intentional Self-harm in Autism Spectrum Disorders. [PDF]
J Autism Dev Disord, 2021 AbstractTo examine the risk for premature mortality and intentional self-harm in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Based on a national birth cohort. Children born in 1987–2005, diagnosed with ASD by 2007 (n = 4695) were matched with four non-ASD subjects (n = 18,450) and followed until 2015 for mortality and intentional self-harm.
Jokiranta-Olkoniemi E +6 more
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JMIR Medical Informatics, 2020 BackgroundSuicide is an important public health concern in the United States and around the world. There has been significant work examining machine learning approaches to identify and predict intentional self-harm and suicide using existing data sets ...
Obeid, Jihad S +7 more
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