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The British Journal of Psychiatry 152: 706-709 (1988)
© 1988 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Parasuicide and appendicectomy

CA Vassilas
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital.

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 (approximately 15%) compared with 17/368 (approximately 5%) for patients who had an inflamed appendix removed.


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