Hawton K, Blackstock E
Psychol Med. 1976 Nov;6(4):571-5. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700018195.
A sample of individuals who had carried out acts of self-poisoning or self-injury were interviewed and information was also obtained from their general practitioners. More of both the men and the women had visited their general practitioners in the year before the acts than would have been predicted from national statistics, although this was not found to the same extent for persons aged 16-24. Thirty-six per cent of the sample had contacted their general practitioners during the week before the act and over 60% in the month beforehand. Sixty-three per cent had visited them for a variety of psychiatric and social reasons during the preceding year and had nearly all been prescribed psychotropic drugs, usually tranquillizers or sedatives. These were commonly the drugs taken in acts of self-poisoning. Methods of prevention are discussed.
对实施过自我中毒或自我伤害行为的个体样本进行了访谈，并从他们的全科医生那里获取了信息。与全国统计数据预测的情况相比，在实施这些行为的前一年，更多的男性和女性去看过他们的全科医生，不过在16 - 24岁的人群中，这种情况并不明显。36%的样本在实施行为前一周内联系过他们的全科医生，超过60%的人在之前一个月内联系过。63%的人在前一年因各种精神和社会原因去看过医生，几乎所有人都被开了精神药物，通常是镇静剂或安眠药。这些通常就是在自我中毒行为中服用的药物。文中还讨论了预防方法。
