Fatal and non-fatal repetition of self-harm. Systematic review.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2002
- Volume
- 181
- Pages
- 193–199
- Identifiers
- PMID: 12204922
- Source
- Medline
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
After 1 year, non-fatal repetition rates are around 15%. The strong connection between self-harm and later suicide lies somewhere between 0.5% and 2% after 1 year and above 5% after 9 years. Suicide risk among self-harm patients is hundreds of times higher than in the general population.
