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Repetition of Self-Poisoning and Subsequent Death in Adolescents who take Overdoses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Michael Goldacre  and
Keith Hawton
Michael Goldacre
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. OX2 6HE
Keith Hawton*
Affiliation:
Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Oxford
*
∗Correspondence.
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Summary

Hospital Activity Analysis data and record linkage were used to investigate repetition of self-poisoning, and deaths, among 2,492 people, aged 12 to 20 years, who took overdoses between 1974 and 1978. Repetition occurred most frequently during the first few months after an initial admission; 9.5% of patients repeated within the study period (mean follow-up of 2.8 years). Ten of the 2,492 subjects died during the study period, and the average annual death rate in the cohort was approximately four times higher than the national average annual death rate in this age-group as a whole. Six of the deaths were probably suicides. Repetition and suicide rates were highest among males aged 16 to 20 years.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 146 , Issue 4 , April 1985 , pp. 395 - 398
Copyright
Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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