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Parasuicide and Appendicectomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Christopher A. Vassilas
Christopher A. Vassilas*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
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∗Present address, University of Mental Health, 41 St Michael's Hill, Bristol BS2 8DZ
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Abstract

A retrospective case-note study of young women admitted for appendicectomy showed that in those patients who had a normal appendix removed, there was a significantly higher rate of admission for parasuicide, before and after the index admission; 27/184 (∼15%) compared with 17/368 (∼5%) for patients who had an inflamed appendix removed.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 5 , May 1988 , pp. 706 - 709
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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