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dc.contributor.authorMadge, Nicola
dc.contributor.authorHewitt, Anthea
dc.contributor.authorHawton, Keith
dc.contributor.authorde Wilde, Erik Jan
dc.contributor.authorCorcoran, Paul
dc.contributor.authorFekete, Sandor
dc.contributor.authorvan Heeringen, Kees
dc.contributor.authorDe Leo, Diego
dc.contributor.authorYstgaard, Mette
dc.contributor.editorDr. Frank C Verhulst (Editor-in-Chief)
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:39:25Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:39:25Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2010-09-08T04:57:25Z
dc.identifier.issn0021-9630
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01879.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/22439
dc.description.abstractBackground: Deliberate self-harm among young people is an important focus of policy and practice internationally. Nonetheless, there is little reliable comparative international information on its extent or characteristics. We have conducted a seven-country comparative community study of deliberate self-harm among young people. Method: Over 30,000 mainly 15- and 16-year-olds completed anonymous questionnaires at school in Australia, Belgium, England, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands and Norway. Study criteria were developed to identify episodes of self-harm; the prevalence of self-harm acts and thoughts, methods used, repetition, reasons given, premeditation, setting for the act, associations with alcohol and drugs, hospitalisation, and whether other people knew, were examined. Results: Self-harm was more than twice as common among females as males and, in four of the seven countries, at least one in ten females had harmed herself in the previous year. Additional young people had thought of harming themselves without doing so. More males and females in all countries except Hungary cut themselves than used any other method, most acts took place at home, and alcohol and illegal drugs were not usually involved. The most common reasons given were 'to get relief from a terrible state of mind' followed by 'to die', although there were differences between those cutting themselves and those taking overdoses. About half the young people decided to harm themselves in the hour before doing so, and many did not attend hospital or tell anyone else. Just over half those who had harmed themselves during the previous year reported more than one episode over their lifetime. Conclusions: Deliberate self-harm is a widespread yet often hidden problem in adolescents, especially females, which shows both similarities and differences internationally.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.publisher.placeOxford, UK
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom667
dc.relation.ispartofpageto677
dc.relation.ispartofissue6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
dc.relation.ispartofvolume49
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleDeliberate self-harm within an international community sample of young people: comparative findings from the Child & Adolescent Self-harm in Europe (CASE) Study
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDe Leo, Diego


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