Physical injuries as triggers for self-harm: a within-individual study of nearly 250 000 injured people with a major psychiatric disorder.
Amir SariaslanHenrik LarssonKeith HawtonJoonas PitkänenPaul LichtensteinPekka MartikainenSeena FazelPublished in: BMJ mental health (2023)
Mechanisms underlying the associations could provide treatment targets. When treating patients with psychiatric illnesses, emergency and trauma medical services should actively work in liaison with psychiatric services to implement self-harm prevention strategies.