Professional care after deliberate self-harm: a qualitative study of young people’s experiences

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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

Age at DSH, years	Sex	Recruitment source	Type of DSH	Earlier DSH	Treatment since DSH
17	Male	Emergency department	Self-poisoning	No	Counseling, social services
22	Male	Emergency department	Self-poisoning	No	Counseling, medicine
17	Female	Child and adolescent psychiatry	Cutting/attempted jump	No	Counseling, medicine
23	Female	Psychiatric emergency services	Cutting	Yes, cutting	Counseling, social services, medicine, inpatient care
17	Female	Child and adolescent psychiatry	Cutting/self-poisoning	Unknown	Counseling, medicine
21	Female	Psychiatric emergency services	Cutting	Yes, hitting	Counseling, medicine
20	Male	Psychiatric emergency services	Cutting/hitting	No	Counseling, medicine
24	Female	Psychiatric emergency services	Cutting	No	Counseling, medicine
19	Male	Psychiatric ward	Self-poisoning	Yes, cutting, hitting	Counseling, inpatient care

Abbreviation: DSH, deliberate self-harm.

Figure 1 Categories (top) and themes (bottom) relating to care of patients after deliberate self-harm.