TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiology of nonfatal deliberate self-harm in the United States as described in three medical databases
AU - Claassen, Cynthia A.
AU - Trivedi, Madhukar H.
AU - Shimizu, Iris
AU - Stewart, Sunita
AU - Larkin, Gregory Luke
AU - Litovitz, Toby
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - The absence of validated U.S. rates of nonfatal suicidal behavior places risk management and injury prevention programs at danger of being poorly informed and inadequately conceptualized. In this study we compare estimated rates of intentional self-harm from two ongoing surveys (National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program-NEISS-AIP; National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey-NHAMCS) to data from the Toxic Exposure Surveillance System. Results suggest that, for every 2002-2003 suicide, there were 12 (NEISSAIP) or 15 (NHAMCS) self-harm-related emergency department visits, and for every intentional self-poisoning death there were 33 intentional overdoses reported to poison control centers, of which two ultimately went untreated.
AB - The absence of validated U.S. rates of nonfatal suicidal behavior places risk management and injury prevention programs at danger of being poorly informed and inadequately conceptualized. In this study we compare estimated rates of intentional self-harm from two ongoing surveys (National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program-NEISS-AIP; National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey-NHAMCS) to data from the Toxic Exposure Surveillance System. Results suggest that, for every 2002-2003 suicide, there were 12 (NEISSAIP) or 15 (NHAMCS) self-harm-related emergency department visits, and for every intentional self-poisoning death there were 33 intentional overdoses reported to poison control centers, of which two ultimately went untreated.
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U2 - 10.1521/suli.2006.36.2.192
DO - 10.1521/suli.2006.36.2.192
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16704324
AN - SCOPUS:33744479955
SN - 0363-0234
VL - 36
SP - 192
EP - 212
JO - Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
JF - Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
IS - 2
ER -