Social media a cause for self harm . Aleem. M.A. BMJ 2017;359:j4351

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Incidence, clinical management, and mortality risk following self harm among children and adolescents: cohort study in primary care

BMJ 2017; 359 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j4351 (Published 18 October 2017)

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Re: Incidence, clinical management, and mortality risk following self harm among children and adolescents: cohort study in primary care

Recently, social media have become an important cause of self harm and self inflicted injuries in children and adolescents.

Competing interests: No competing interests

20 October 2017

M.A. Aleem

Neurologist

ABC Hospital

Trichy 620018 Tamilnadu India

@drmaaleem