Self-harm and violent criminality linked with parental death during childhood.

Matthew J Carr Pearl L H MokS AntonsenCarsten Bøcker PedersenR T Webb

Published in: Psychological medicine (2019)

Effective early intervention is needed to help youngsters who have experienced the death of one or both parents to develop immediate and sustained coping strategies. Enhanced cooperation between health and social services and criminal justice agencies may mitigate risks for these two destructive behaviours.

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