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Variation in rates of self-harm hospital admission and re-admission by ethnicity in London: a population cohort study.

Catherine PollingIoannis BakolisMatthew HotopfStephani L Hatch
Published in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2021)
In contrast to earlier UK studies, self-harm rates were not higher in Black or South Asian women, with lower self-harm admission rates seen in almost all ethnic minority groups. Differences in rates by ethnicity were not explained by socio-economic deprivation. Aggregating ethnicity into broad categories masks important differences in self-harm rates between groups.
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