Reconciling Suicides With "Accidental" Drug-Intoxication Deaths: A Behaviorally Based Definition of Self-Injury Mortality

Am J Public Health. 2020 Jan;110(1):73-74. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305422.

Authors

Ian R H Rockett¹, Eric D Caine¹

Affiliation

¹ Ian R. H. Rockett is with the Department of Epidemiology, West Virginia University School of Public Health, Morgantown, and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY. Eric D. Caine is with the Department of Psychiatry and the Injury Control Research Center for Suicide Prevention, University of Rochester Medical Center.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Accidents / mortality
Accidents / statistics & numerical data*
Drug Overdose / epidemiology*
Drug Overdose / mortality
Epidemiologic Methods
Female
Humans
Male
Self-Injurious Behavior / epidemiology*
Self-Injurious Behavior / mortality
Suicide / statistics & numerical data*