Mortality risk following self-harm in young people: a population cohort study using the Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm.
Emma RossDermot O'ReillyDenise O'HaganAideen MaguirePublished in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2023)
Young people who self-harm are at a significantly greater risk of suicide. Almost a quarter of young people who died by suicide in NI had presented to EDs with self-harm, highlighting that the ED may provide a nodal point of intervention among a typically hard to identify and reach population.