1. In keeping with this, Hawton and Fagg have reported a considerable reduction in the use of minor tranquillisers by self poisoning adolescents, with a corresponding increase in paracetamol overdose.3At a national level in the UK paracetamol is now the commonest agent used in self poisoning,10 and is the single most important cause of fulminant hepatic failure.'1 During 1992, 78 deaths from poisoning occurred among individuals less than 20 years old
2. Suicide and suicide attempts in the European Economic Community: an analysis of trends with special emphasis upon trends among the young;Diekstra, R.F.W.;Suicide Life Threat Behav,1985
3. The emergence of youth suicide: an epidemiological analysis and public health perspective;Rosenberg, M.L.; Smith, J.C.; Davidson, L.E.; Conn, J.M.;Annu Rev Public Health,1987
4. Deliberate self-poisoning and self-injury in adolescents. A study of characteristics and trends in Oxford, 1976-1989;Hawton, K.; Fagg, J.;BrJPsychol,1992
5. Paracetamol and self poisoning;Spooner, J.B.;BMJ,1995