Understanding the true economic impact of self-harming behaviour

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¹ Centre for Indigenous Health Equity Research, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia; The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Electronic address: i.kinchin@cqu.edu.au.
² Centre for Indigenous Health Equity Research, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia.
³ Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; National Addiction Centre, Kings College London, London, UK.
⁴ Queensland Forensic Mental Health Service, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia; Forensic Mental Health Group, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Archerfield, QLD, Australia.

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Irina Kinchin et al. Lancet Psychiatry. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;4(12):900-901.

doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30411-X.

¹ Centre for Indigenous Health Equity Research, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia; The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Electronic address: i.kinchin@cqu.edu.au.
² Centre for Indigenous Health Equity Research, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia.
³ Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; National Addiction Centre, Kings College London, London, UK.
⁴ Queensland Forensic Mental Health Service, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia; Forensic Mental Health Group, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Archerfield, QLD, Australia.

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Understanding the true economic impact of self-harming behaviour - Authors' reply.
McDaid D, Tsiachristas A, Hawton K. McDaid D, et al. Lancet Psychiatry. 2017 Dec;4(12):901. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30440-6. Lancet Psychiatry. 2017. PMID: 29179930 No abstract available.

General hospital costs in England of medical and psychiatric care for patients who self-harm: a retrospective analysis.
Tsiachristas A, McDaid D, Casey D, Brand F, Leal J, Park AL, Geulayov G, Hawton K. Tsiachristas A, et al. Lancet Psychiatry. 2017 Oct;4(10):759-767. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30367-X. Epub 2017 Sep 8. Lancet Psychiatry. 2017. PMID: 28890321 Free PMC article.