An examination of cutting and other methods of DSH among children and adolescents presenting to an outpatient psychiatric clinic in New Zealand
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This article explores the issue of cutting among children and adolescents presenting to an
outpatient child and adolescent mental health service in New Zealand. Of interest is the
extent to which children and adolescents who cut themselves also carry out other forms of
deliberate self-harm (DSH). This study found that there was much cross over in the methods
of DSH used and that cutters were not a distinguishable group. Therefore, those who
present to mental health services with cutting need to be treated as carrying significant risk …
outpatient child and adolescent mental health service in New Zealand. Of interest is the
extent to which children and adolescents who cut themselves also carry out other forms of
deliberate self-harm (DSH). This study found that there was much cross over in the methods
of DSH used and that cutters were not a distinguishable group. Therefore, those who
present to mental health services with cutting need to be treated as carrying significant risk …
This article explores the issue of cutting among children and adolescents presenting to an outpatient child and adolescent mental health service in New Zealand. Of interest is the extent to which children and adolescents who cut themselves also carry out other forms of deliberate self-harm (DSH). This study found that there was much cross over in the methods of DSH used and that cutters were not a distinguishable group. Therefore, those who present to mental health services with cutting need to be treated as carrying significant risk of fatality.
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