Beyond suicide: action needed to improve self-injury mortality accounting

JAMA Psychiatry. 2014 Mar;71(3):231-2. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.3738.

Authors

Ian R H Rockett¹, Nestor D Kapusta², Jeffrey H Coben³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown2Injury Control Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown.
² Department for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
³ Injury Control Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown4Schools of Medicine and Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Cause of Death
Coroners and Medical Examiners / standards*
Drug Overdose / mortality*
Humans
Self-Injurious Behavior / mortality*
Suicide / legislation & jurisprudence
Suicide / statistics & numerical data*

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