Effect of general hospital management on repeat episodes of deliberate self poisoning: cohort study

Provision of services in the United Kingdom for patients who deliberately poison themselves is variable, and many patients leave hospital without adequate assessments. This may reflect the equivocal research evidence on the effectiveness of interventions. In this cohort study, we aimed to investigate whether aspects of routine hospital management—such as admission, psychosocial assessment, and referral for follow up—had an impact on the repetition of deliberate self poisoning