Deliberate self-harm

Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Persons Presenting with Deliberate Self-harm to the Accident and Emergency Department of the University Hospital of the West Indies

Issue:

Vol 2, Issue 1 (2015): Substance Abuse and Mental Health

DOI:

10.7727/wimjopen.2014.269

Pages:

28–32

Synopsis:

Most of the patients who presented with deliberate self-harm were females (64%), single (82%) and unemployed (72%). Overdose of medication was the main method of harm. There was a significant association between reason for self-harm and psychiatric illness.

ABSTRACT

Objective: The primary objective of this study was to determine the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of all persons who presented to the Accident and Emergency Department of the University Hospital of the West Indies with a history of deliberate harm over a six-month period.

Received:

October 13, 2014

Accepted:

October 27, 2014

Published:

March 16, 2015

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