Proximity of alcohol outlets and presentation to hospital by young people after self-harm: A retrospective geospatial study using the integrated data infrastructure.
Sarah Elisabeth HetrickMatthew HobbsSarah FortuneLukas MarekJesse WikiJoseph M BodenReremoana TheodoreTroy RuheJesse J KokauaHiran ThabrewBarry MilneNicholas BowdenPublished in: The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry (2023)
The findings of this study show a clear association between young people's access to alcohol outlets and presentation to hospital for self-harm and may provide a mandate for government policies and universal interventions to reduce young people's access to alcohol outlets. Further research regarding causative mechanisms is needed.