Patients Who Self-Harm Have Shorter Life Expectancy

"Researchers reported today that people who self-harm have an increased risk of premature death. As published online in Lancet, they studied patients of all ages presenting to emergency departments in Oxford, Manchester, and Derby, England, after self-poisoning or self-injury from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2007. Patients were followed up to the end of 2009."

Psychiatric News Alert, 18 September 2012

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