Sunday, February 12, 2012

Most Teens Who Self-Harm Are Not Evaluated for Mental Health in ER

By HealthDay 

Most children and teens who deliberately injure themselves are discharged from emergency rooms without an evaluation of their mental health, a new study shows.

The findings are worrisome since risk for suicide is greatest right after an episode of deliberate self-harm, according to researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

The researchers also found the

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