Deliberate self-harm patients with alcohol disorders: characteristics, treatment, and outcome.

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Deliberate self-harm (DSH) patients with alcohol problems present a considerable challenge for clinical services. In a study of a sample of 150 DSH patients who were representative of all such patients seen at a general hospital during the study period, 40 patients with an ICD-10 diagnosis of alcohol dependence or harmful use of alcohol were compared with the remainder of the sample. The treatment of the patients with alcohol disorders before and after the episode of DSH and the outcome 12-20...

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Authors: Haw, C; Houston, K; Townsend, E; Hawton, K

• Journal: Crisis
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 93-101
• Publication date: 2001-01-01
• DOI: 10.1027//0227-5910.22.3.93
• ISSN: 0227-5910
• Language: English
• Keywords: Alcohol-Related Disorders; Self-Injurious Behavior; Treatment Outcome; Adolescent; Personality Assessment; Suicide, Attempted; Follow-Up Studies; Sampling Studies; Humans; Mental Disorders; Female; Male; Risk Factors; Emotions; Alcoholism; Adult; Middle Aged