Parasuicide and Appendicectomy

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 1988 English Publisher:Royal College of PsychiatristsJournal:British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 152, pages 706-709 (issn: 0007-1250, eissn: 1472-1465,

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Authors: C A, Vassilas;

doi: 10.1192/bjp.152.5.706

pmid: 3167452

Parasuicide and Appendicectomy

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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.

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NHS Lothian
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Royal Edinburgh Hospital
United Kingdom

Keywords

Adult, Male, Adolescent, Mental Disorders, Suicide, Attempted, Appendicitis, Social Class, Appendectomy, Humans, Female, Self-Injurious Behavior, Retrospective Studies

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