McDaid, David 
ORCID: 0000-0003-0744-2664, Tsiachristas, Apostolos and Hawton, Keith
(2017)
Understanding the true economic impact of self-harming behaviour – authors' reply.
The Lancet Psychiatry, 4 (12).
p. 901.
ISSN 2215-0366
Abstract
Irina Kinchin and colleagues argue that the hospital costs of self-harm represent a small proportion of the overall economic impact of self-harming behaviour—we agree. Long-standing scientific literature indicates that most of the costs of self-harm and suicide lie outside of the health-care system. In fact, in our paper we refer to a review on these costs that includes previous work from one of Kinchin's co-authors, which was one of the few studies identified that included a detailed estimate of productivity losses associated with non-fatal self-harm.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/issue/cur... |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. |
| Divisions: | Personal Social Services Research Unit |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2017 14:39 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Feb 2024 23:45 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/85941 |
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