scholarly journals Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Persons Presenting with Deliberate Self- harm to the Accident and Emergency Department of the University Hospital of the West Indies

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Henry ◽  
P Whitehorne-Smith ◽  
WD Abel
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
The West ◽  
Deliberate Self Harm ◽  
Accident And Emergency ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Accident And Emergency Department ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Deliberate self-harm and antidepressant drugs

2000 ◽  
Vol 177 (6) ◽  
pp. 551-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Donovan ◽  
Andrew Clayton ◽  
Min Beeharry ◽  
Sheron Jones ◽  
Chris Kirk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Serotonin Reuptake ◽  
Antidepressant Drugs ◽  
Tricyclic Antidepressant ◽  
Deliberate Self Harm ◽  
Accident And Emergency ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Accident And Emergency Department ◽  
A Prospective Study

BackgroundIt is not clear if the frequency of deliberate self-harm (DSH) is the same in patients taking different pharmacological classes of antidepressant drugs.AimsTo compare the frequency of DSH in patients who had been prescribed a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) or a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) prior to the DSH event.MethodThis was a prospective study in 2776 consecutive DSH cases attending an accident and emergency department. The incidence of DSH in TCA-treated cases and SSRI-treated cases is expressed as number of DSH events per 10 000 prescriptions of each antidepressant.ResultsSignificantly more DSH events occurred following the prescription of an SSRI than that of a TCA (P < 0.001). The occurrence of DSH was highest with fluoxetine and lowest with amitriptyline.ConclusionsMerely prescribing safer-in-overdose antidepressants is unlikely to reduce the overall morbidity from DSH.

scholarly journals The effect of hurricane Ivan on emergency department operations at the University Hospital of the West Indies

2005 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
EW Williams ◽  
J Williams-Johnson ◽  
S French ◽  
P Singh ◽  
AH McDonald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
West Indies ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
The West ◽  
Hurricane Ivan ◽  
The University
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