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The Greysteel massacre: the local effect on the prevalence of admissions with overdose

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

John Sharkey
John Sharkey*
Affiliation:
Knockbracken Healthcare Park, Saintfield Road, Belfast BT8 8BH, Northern Ireland
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Abstract

Objective: To explore the nature of the relationship between the Greysteel massacre and the low number of admissions with overdose to the area general hospital in the following week.

Method: Ward records over a ten year period were examined for seasonal and yearly trends for admission with overdose.

Results: In the two year period surrounding the week following the Greysteel massacre there were no similar periods of low admission with overdose.

Conclusion: A direct relationship between the Greysteel massacre and the ensuing dearth of admissions with overdose seems likely.

Keywords

OverdoseDeliberate self-harmMassacreViolence
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 55 - 56
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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