Profile of Hospital Admissions due to Self‐Inflicted Harm in Los Angeles County from 2001 to 2010

We aimed to describe the demographic profile of self‐inflicted harm (SIH) in Los Angeles County between 2001 and 2010 and to investigate trends over this 10‐year period. We used the California Hospital Discharge Data to investigate all cases of hospital admission due to SIH, including suicide attemp...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of forensic sciences 2017-09, Vol.62 (5), p.1244-1250
Main Authors: Bazargan‐Hejazi, Shahrzad, Ahmadi, Alireza, Bazargan, Mohsen, Rahmani, Elham, Pan, Deyu, Zahmatkesh, Golara, Teruya, Stacey
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Demographics
Forensic psychiatry
forensic science
hospital admission
Minority & ethnic groups
Patient admissions
Self destructive behavior
self‐inflicted harm behavior/epidemiology
self‐inflicted harm/racial group
solid/liquid poisoning
Subgroups
substance abuse
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We aimed to describe the demographic profile of self‐inflicted harm (SIH) in Los Angeles County between 2001 and 2010 and to investigate trends over this 10‐year period. We used the California Hospital Discharge Data to investigate all cases of hospital admission due to SIH, including suicide attempts and if they had a concurrent psychiatric diagnosis based on ICD‐9 codes. African‐Americans (AA) had the highest 10‐year SIH admission rates. SIH admission rates remained steady throughout the 10‐year study period. Median age of SIH was significantly lower in Latinos. Episodic mood disorders were the most common psychiatric comorbidity. The use of solid/liquid poisoning was the most common SIH method among all racial/ethnic groups. We found major disparities in SIH admissions across racial/ethnic subgroups. The importance of programs to identify, prevent, and treat SIH in these groups is discussed.
ISSN:0022-1198
1556-4029
DOI:10.1111/1556-4029.13416