@article {Yeo161, author = {H M Yeo and W W Yeo}, title = {Repeat deliberate self-harm: a link with childhood sexual abuse?}, volume = {10}, number = {3}, pages = {161--166}, year = {1993}, doi = {10.1136/emj.10.3.161}, publisher = {British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine}, abstract = {The purpose of this study was to identify whether a past history of childhood sexual abuse is a risk factor for repeated Deliberate Self-Harm (DSH). The study was a 6-month prospective study of 178 patients responsible for 190 consecutive cases of DSH seen during a 3-month censoring period. Patients were identified by review of the in-patient and accident and emergency (A\&E) records of all cases of DSH at the A\&E department of a major teaching hospital. Patients with a history of childhood sexual abuse showed a marked clustering of four major risk factors for repeat DSH (unemployment, past deliberate self-poisoning, self-injury and psychiatric illness) and were significantly more likely to repeat DSH within the 6-month follow-up period.}, issn = {0264-4924}, URL = {https://emj.bmj.com/content/10/3/161}, eprint = {https://emj.bmj.com/content/10/3/161.full.pdf}, journal = {Emergency Medicine Journal} }