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We aimed to examine associations between minimum unit pricing for alcohol, introduced in Scotland in 2018, and rates of hospital-admitted self-harm.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data were obtained from Public Health Scotland and English Hospital Episode Statistics. Interrupted time series (ITS) analysis compared pre- and post-intervention self-harm admission rates per 100 000 population, including controlled comparisons with England.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The before-after slope reduction in Scotland corresponded to \u22125.6 (95% CI \u20137.5 to \u22123.7) admissions per quarter, per 100 000 population, over the intervention period. Using controlled ITS, a greater slope reduction was observed in Scotland relative to England: \u20133.5, CI \u20136.4 to \u22120.6. No differences in slope change were observed when examining only pre-pandemic study quarters. Findings were consistent with a possible postintervention rate reduction in the two most deprived population quintiles, while no between-nation slope difference was observed in the three least deprived quintiles.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Findings were consistent with possible postintervention reductions in hospital-admitted self-harm in Scotland compared to England, with reductions concentrated in more deprived populations. Population-level alcohol pricing policies may contribute to reducing self-harm frequency, although causal interpretation is limited by the observational, quasi-experimental study design and differing between-nation pre-intervention trajectories.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/pubmed\/fdag058","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,3]],"date-time":"2026-08-03T08:01:35Z","timestamp":1785744095000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Implementation of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland and subsequent rates of hospital-admitted self-harm: controlled interrupted time series analysis"],"prefix":"10.1093","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7935-1414","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sarah","family":"Steeg","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Population Health Improvement UK (PHI-UK) , Strand, London, WC2R 2LS ,","place":["UK"]},{"name":"Division of Psychology and Mental Health, The University of Manchester , Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL ,","place":["UK"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Roger T","family":"Webb","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Population Health Improvement UK (PHI-UK) , Strand, London, WC2R 2LS ,","place":["UK"]},{"name":"Division of Psychology and Mental Health, The University of Manchester , Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL ,","place":["UK"]},{"name":"National Institute for Health and Care (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, University of Manchester , Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL ,","place":["UK"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jayati","family":"Das-Munshi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Population Health Improvement UK (PHI-UK) , Strand, London, WC2R 2LS ,","place":["UK"]},{"name":"King\u2019s College London , Strand, London, WC2R 2LS ,","place":["UK"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rina","family":"Dutta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Population Health Improvement UK (PHI-UK) , Strand, London, WC2R 2LS ,","place":["UK"]},{"name":"King\u2019s College London , Strand, London, WC2R 2LS ,","place":["UK"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nav","family":"Kapur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Psychology and Mental Health, The University of Manchester , Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL ,","place":["UK"]},{"name":"National Institute for Health and Care (NIHR) Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration, University of Manchester , Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL ,","place":["UK"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lisa","family":"Marzano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Population Health Improvement UK (PHI-UK) , Strand, London, WC2R 2LS ,","place":["UK"]},{"name":"Psychology, Middlesex University London - 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