Table 1 |
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Rates & Precipitants of Self-harm in South Asian Women in the UK |
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| Author(s) |
Method |
Rates |
Precipitants |
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| Burke (1976) |
Retrospective case note study South Asian Males n = 24 Females n = 28 |
2 times the rate of South Asian men, low when compared to the general population. |
Interpersonal disputes |
| Merrill & Owens (1986) |
Crossectional patients admitted to the hospital after deliberate self harm South Asian Males n = 50 Females n = 146 |
3 times the rate of South Asian men, higher than UK-born females |
Marital problems, arranged marriages rejections of arranged marriage proposals, cultural conflict |
| Neeleman et al, (1996) |
Cross sectional Case notes of all patients referred to a hospital based DSH team over a six month period. |
Indian females: 2.6 All Asian females (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, & Asian others): 1.68 as compared to whites. UK born Indian females rates were 7.8 times those of UK born white females |
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| Bhugra et al (1999) |
Crossectional (A&E, general medical, psychiatric services) South Asian Males n = 24 Females n = 65 |
1.6 times the rate of white women and 2.5 times the rate of South Asian men. Young Asian females (i.e. = 30 years) 2.5 times the rate of white women and 7 times the rate of South Asian men. |
Gender role expectations, pressure for arranged marriage, individualisation and culture conflict |
| Cooper et al, (2006) |
Prospective (A&E) South Asian Males n = 76 Females n = 223 |
Young South Asian women (16–24 years) 1.5 fold increase in risk compared to White women in the same age group. South Asian women over 5 times more likely to self-harm than South Asian men. |
Relationship problems with family |
Husain et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2006 5:7 doi:10.1186/1744-859X-5-7 |
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