Characteristics of patients repeatedly presenting to the emergency department for self-harm injuries: a 6-year retrospective study
Patients with repetitive self-harm were more likely to be female, to use cutting or stabbing as methods, and to have psychiatric issues, and they showed a lower in-hospital mortality rate than those without prior episodes.
Authors
- Sejin Heo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7387-4575)
- Taerim Kim
- Won Chul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2778-2992)
- Kwang Yul Jung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5688-2581)
Institutions
- Samsung Medical Center (KR)
- Chung-Ang University (KR)
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Injury Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-025-00636-3
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00