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Deliberate Self-Harm

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Deliberate self-harm is usually a response to extreme personal stress.

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500034, India

    Imron Subhan MBBS, FEM, MCEM

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    Suresh S David

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Subhan, I. (2016). Deliberate Self-Harm. In: David, S. (eds) Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2713-7_17

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