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. 2020 Dec 15:0091217420982100. doi: 10.1177/0091217420982100

Table 2.

Frequency table showing diagnoses of patients after referral to the liaison psychiatry team.

2019 2020 Z-score p-value
Total attendances 5198 3059
Attendances with Liaison Psychiatry input 103 113 −4.71 <0.001*
DSH as percentage of total ED attendances 1.98% 3.69%
Diagnosis
 Antidepressant OD 30 27 −1.62 0.053
 DSH – wound/laceration 13 6 0.494 0.312
 Paracetamol OD 33 45 −3.79 <0.001*
 Opiate OD 6 13 −2.835 0.002*
 Benzodiazepine OD 9 6 −0.237 0.405
 Burn 4 2 0.188 0.425
 Insulin OD 3 5 −0.149 0.068
 NSAID OD 4 9 −2.40 0.008*
 Salicylate OD 1 0 0.767 0.221

OD: overdose; DSH: deliberate self-harm. *p-value <0.05.