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    COORDINATORS: BETH NEWSTEAD AND GAVIN LLOYD

    Theme: Psychiatry

    QUESTION 1

    Which of the following statements regarding deliberate self-harm (DSH) are true?

    1. Following an episode of DSH, a third of patients will harm themselves again.

    2. A patient presenting to a UK emergency department (ED) after an episode of DSH has a 3% risk of completed suicide over a 15-year period.

    3. Follow-up …

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      Emergency Medicine Journal 2009; 26 545-545 Published Online First: 22 Jun 2009.
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      BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
      Emergency Medicine Journal 2009; 26 545-545 Published Online First: 22 Jun 2009.