Reuters (11/4, Rapaport) reports that “teens who visit the emergency” department (ED) “for self-harm injuries have a higher risk of repeat” ED “visits for self-harm and suicide attempts and a higher mortality risk than their peers,” researchers concluded after following “5,661 adolescents who visited Ontario” ED “for self-harm,” and then also tracking “10,731 similar teens seen in the” ED “for other reasons.” The findings were published online Nov. 4 in CMAJ.
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— “Teen self-harm tied to higher risk of ER visits, suicide attempts, “Lisa Rapaport, Reuters, November 4, 2019