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The articles we select for Evidence-Based Mental Health must pass two stages: first they must pass our basic validity criteria and then the editors assess each article for clinical relevance. A number of articles meet the inclusion criteria but are not abstracted due to lack of space. We will highlight the most interesting of these here and list the rest.
Razors pain you;Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.
The caustic wit of Dorothy Parker pointedly summarises the experience of those who repeatedly self-harm. Much to the frustration of those who have to sew them up or flush them out, strategies to reduce the likelihood of repetition of self-harm have been largely ineffective in the context of a randomised trial (see Evid Based Ment Health 2007;10:37–39). That is with the exception
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