High risk of self-harm in first year of dementia diagnosis: UNSW study
Dementia diagnoses need to be viewed with a sense of urgency, researchers say
Patients recently diagnosed with dementia are at increased risk of self-harm, especially within the first 6-12 months of diagnosis, a large Australian study shows.
Those living with dementia who self-harm are also more likely to be men, be aged around 70 at diagnosis, and have a pre-existing “complex” psychiatric profile, say UNSW Sydney-led researchers.
