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Self-harm within inpatient psychiatric services: most episodes are among women, involve breaking the skin and take place in private

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  • Peter D Mills Director, VA National Center for Patient Safety Field Office, White River Junction, Vermont, USA and Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to : Dr Peter D Mills
    VA National Center for Patient Safety, VAMC (10A 4E), 215 North Main Street, White River Junction, VT 05055, USA; peter.mills{at}va.gov
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Mills PD
Self-harm within inpatient psychiatric services: most episodes are among women, involve breaking the skin and take place in private
Evidence-Based Nursing 2013;16:78-79.

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  • First published February 16, 2013.
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August 31, 2017

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