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Fatal Deliberate Self-Harm seen in a Sri Lankan Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

T. Ganesvaran  and
R. Rajarajeswaran
T. Ganesvaran*
Affiliation:
University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
R. Rajarajeswaran
Affiliation:
G. H. Jaffna, Sri Lanka
*
∗Correspondence
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A total of 328 patients were admitted for deliberate self harm (DSH) to the General Hospital Jaffna, Sri Lanka, during the year 1984. Twenty-two of these patients succumbed to their injuries. Information about these patients collected before death, and their methods of suicide, are reported.

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Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 3 , March 1988 , pp. 420 - 423
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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