TY - JOUR T1 - The risk of suicide after deliberate self harm was significant and persistent over the long term JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 59 LP - 59 DO - 10.1136/ebm.9.2.59 VL - 9 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2004/03/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/9/2/59.abstract N2 - Hawton K, Zahl D, Weatherall R. Suicide following deliberate self-harm: long-term follow-up of patients who presented to a general hospital. Br J Psychiatry 2003;182:537–42.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text 
 
 Q In patients who presented to a general hospital after deliberate self harm, what is the short term and long term risk of suicide? Clinical impact ratings GP/FP/Primary care ★★★★★☆☆ Mental health ★★★★★☆☆ Design: Inception cohort with median follow up of 10.8 years (follow up range 1 d to 23 y). Setting: Accident and emergency departments in general hospitals in Oxford, UK. Patients: 11 583 patients (47% aged 10–24 y) who presented to a general hospital after deliberate self harm during the 20 year period between 1978 and 1997. 10 353 (89%) patients used self poisoning as the method of self harm. Assessment of prognostic factors: A register was used to collect data on all deliberate self harm presentations to the general hospital in Oxford (including … ER -