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An Epidemiological Survey of Parasuicide (‘Attempted Suicide’) in General Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Peter Kennedy  and
Norman Kreitman
Peter Kennedy
Affiliation:
MRC Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry; now Lecturer, Edinburgh University Department of Psychiatry
Norman Kreitman
Affiliation:
MRC Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry, University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh, EH105HF
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Hospital-treated parasuicides∗ have been studied intensively in recent years, and on the basis of these hospital studies aetiological theory is advancing and expensive endeavours in prevention are being put into operation. Yet hospital studies can be misleading because cases selected for admission may not be representative. This prospective survey, based on general practice in Edinburgh, was carried out to study the prevalences of parasuicide uncontaminated by factors influencing hospital referral.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 123 , Issue 572 , July 1973 , pp. 23 - 34
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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