Research Article

Deliberate Self-Harm and the Elderly: A Volatile Combination—An Overview from the Plastic Surgery Perspective

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Aims and objectives of the study.

Aims and objectives

(i) Investigate factors commonly associated with the DSH in the elderly.
(ii) Investigate whether management of DSH in elderly differs to the management of DSH in younger population?
(iii) Discover how management of these patients can be improved.
(iv) Discover what professionals can do to help this subgroup.