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.