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The British Journal of Psychiatry 152: 830-833 (1988)
© 1988 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

The accident and emergency department management of deliberate self- poisoning

DW Owens and SJ Jones
Mapperley Hospital, Nottingham.

Consecutive attenders (525) presenting at the Nottingham Accident and Emergency (A & E) department with deliberate self-poisoning were identified retrospectively. Their case-notes were examined for patient characteristics and clinical management. The Nottingham Psychiatric Case Register was examined for previous contact and use of psychiatric services over a 2-year follow-up period. Significant differences were found between those patients admitted to a ward and those who returned home from the A & E Department, in respect of likelihood of psychiatric morbidity and use of psychiatric services. One in three self-poisoning patients returns home directly from the accident department, and there seemed to be appropriate selection.


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