TY - JOUR
T1 - The use of emergency department-based psychological interventions to reduce repetition of self-harm behaviour
AU - Witt, Katrina
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - Suicide is a public health emergency; over 800 000 people take their life each year, 1 and by 2020, this figure is projected to rise to 1·53 million. 2 Yet, for each suicide, an estimated 26·2 additional people present to hospital with self-harm. 3 The prevention of self-harm is therefore highlighted within most countries' national suicide prevention strategy.
AB - Suicide is a public health emergency; over 800 000 people take their life each year, 1 and by 2020, this figure is projected to rise to 1·53 million. 2 Yet, for each suicide, an estimated 26·2 additional people present to hospital with self-harm. 3 The prevention of self-harm is therefore highlighted within most countries' national suicide prevention strategy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85018653102&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30152-9
DO - 10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30152-9
M3 - Comment / Debate
AN - SCOPUS:85018653102
SN - 2215-0366
VL - 4
SP - 428
EP - 429
JO - The Lancet Psychiatry
JF - The Lancet Psychiatry
IS - 6
ER -
