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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2006;8(2):141-142.

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Archives of General Psychiatry

Emergency Treatment of Young People Following Deliberate Self-harm

Objective: To examine national patterns in the emergency department assessment and treatment during visits by young people, aged 7 to 24 years, who are seen following an episode of deliberate self-harm.

Methods: An analysis was conducted of a nationally representative sample of hospital emergency department visits from the 1997-2002 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey focusing on visits by persons aged 7 to 24 years related to deliberate self-harm. National census data were used to derive population-based rates of emergency department visits for deliberate self-harm overall and stratified by sex, age, race, and ethnicity. Demographic, clinical, and treatment characteristics of the visits are presented including comparisons of visits that resulted in an inpatient admission with those that resulted in discharge to the community.

Results: Among young people aged 7 to 24 years, the annual rate of emergency visits with self-harm was 225.3 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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