Self-harm by single- and multi-agent medication poisoning in a retrospective analysis of a Poison Control Center database from January 2018 to December 2022.
Michele Stanislaw MilellaLuisa PetracciaFrancesca PirelliGiuseppe FotiMaria SapioRosaria BerardiDaniele CaprioliFrancesco PuglieseGabriella VivinoPublished in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2024)
Single-agent medication self-harm may be an increasingly prevailing phenomenon. Young adolescents with a psychiatric background might be most vulnerable to this behavior in the COVID-19 pandemic aftermath. Healthcare professionals should expect favorable clinical outcome and improve both counseling and psychotherapy supervision in individuals at risk.