Suicide following presentation to hospital for non-fatal self-harm in the Multicentre Study of Self-harm: a long-term follow-up study

Publication date: Available online 6 November 2019Source: The Lancet PsychiatryAuthor(s): Galit Geulayov, Deborah Casey, Liz Bale, Fiona Brand, Caroline Clements, Bushra Farooq, Nav Kapur, Jennifer Ness, Keith Waters, Apostolos Tsiachristas, Keith HawtonSummaryBackgroundSelf-harm is the strongest risk factor for subsequent suicide, but risk may vary. We compared the risk of suicide following hospital presentation for self-harm according to patient characteristics, method of self-harm, and variations in area-level socioeconomic deprivation, and estimated the incidence of suicide by time after hospital attendance.MethodsIn this ongoing Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England, the study population consists of individuals aged at least 15 years who had attended the emergency department of five general hospitals in Oxford, Manchester, and Derby after non-fatal self-harm between Jan 1, 2000, and Dec 31, 2013. Information on method of self-harm was obtained through systematic monitoring in hospitals. Level of socioeconomic deprivation was based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) characterising the area where patients lived, grouping them according to IMD quintiles. Mortality follow-up was up to Dec 31, 2015, resulting in up to 16 years of follow-up. We calculated incidence of suicide since first hospital presentation by follow-up period and estimated the association between individual factors (age, gender, method of self-harm, IMD, and number of non-fatal self-harm present...
Source: The Lancet Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research