Teenage self-harm and tot paracetamol poisoning

Figures from Perth’s Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and compiled by KidSafe have shown that a significant proportion of poisonings are due to self-harm by children aged 14 and over. During the period July 2010 to June 2015, females accounted for 66.7% of poison-related injury presentations to the hospital’s emergency department; 87% of children aged