Crisis
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Comparative Study
Analysis of Deliberate Self-Wrist-Cutting Episodes Presenting to the Emergency Department.
Previous suicide attempts increase the risk of a completed suicide. However, a large proportion of patients with deliberate self-wrist cutting (DSWC) are often discharged without undergoing a psychiatric interview. ⋯ More DSWC patients had previously attempted suicide, but fewer of them underwent psychiatric interviews compared with the DSP patients.