Abstract:Background: Self-harm is a critical public health issue for adolescents/young adults. Aims: To estimate the prevalence of self-harm among adolescents with/without disabilities in the United Kingdom. Method: Secondary analysis of data collected ...
Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Clinical Practice: Review of Assessment InstrumentsSeveral assessment instruments of nonsuicidal self-injury exist, solely used for research purposes. This study reviews the psychometric properties and clinical relevance of ...
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) and Suicidality in AdolescenceAbstract. Both Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) and suicidality (such as suicidal ideation, suicide attempts) start in adolescence. The last years have seen an increasing differentiation ...
Scale for Suicidal Experience and Behavior (SSEV): Factor Structure and Psychometric PropertiesAbstract. Suicide ideation and suicide behavior occur commonly in clinical contexts. While various instruments for the assessment of suicidality have ...
Parasuicidal behavior in adolescence: Possibilities and limits of preventionAbstract. In this article literature on characteristics of juvenile suicide attempters is reviewed, and possibilities for preventive interventions is inventoried. A meta-analysis ...
Validation of the Suicidal Ideation and Behavior Scale (SIBS-C) for Use With Children and AdolescentsAbstract:Theoretical Background: Suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior are common among children and adolescents. In German-...
Summary: This study of 2722 adolescents aged 14-18 years explored whether parental involvement can protect against adolescent suicide attempts. Compared to their counterparts suicide attempters were more likely to have been in trouble with the police, to ...
Personality disorders (PD) play an important role in clinical psychiatry. The typologies of personality disorders (PDs) found in different classification systems, such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the ...
In this investigation the frequency and clinical importance of suicidal behavior in patients with a primary diagnosis of personality disorder was studied. The sample was drawn from a group of over 8000 psychiatric inpatients admitted to a university ...
The purpose of this study was to see whether and how the number of suicide attempters with alcohol problems and their drinking habits differ between the Nordic areas under study. Problem-drinkers were defined as persons who themselves felt that they had ...
The prevalence of suicide attempts among opioid addicts is reported to lie between 8% and 17%, with some studies reporting an even higher rate among special groups of addicts. Yet there is insufficient knowledge about which addicts have a higher risk of ...
Abstract. This study compared personality characteristics of subjects with dependence disorders who had previously made a suicide attempt. The population, recruited in France, Belgium, and Switzerland, was composed of 570 subjects (225 females, 345 males, ...
Abstract. Ingestion of pesticides is the most common suicide method worldwide, accounting for one third of all suicides, predominantly in Asia, Africa, Central and South America. Case fatalities are high, particularly in rural areas. This high case ...
This contribution explores the associations between suicide attempts; bullying; and the familial, educational, legal, and institutional characteristics of young offenders in custody. The sample was 152 randomly selected male young offenders aged 16–21 ...
Background: Suicidal behavior is one of the most important problems in psychiatric clinics. Several sociodemographic and clinical characteristics may have different effects on suicidal behavior. Aims: To examine the sociodemographic and clinical ...
Background: According to recent figures, Amsterdam is the municipality with the highest absolute number of suicides and the second highest suicide rate in the Netherlands. Aims: The aim of the study was to identify time trends and demographic differences ...
Background: Prior research has reported that a substantial portion of suicidal behavior occurs impulsively. These studies, however, have been unable to assess for episodic planning. Aims: To provide preliminary support for the plausibility and utility of ...
Background: The international literature reports that for every completed suicide there are between 8 and 22 visits to an Emergency Department (ED) for attempted suicide/suicidal behavior. Aims: To describe the characteristics of admission to emergency ...
Background: Adolescent self-harm (SH) is a major public health concern, associated with poor outcomes. The use of ineffective coping is often referred to in explanatory models of adolescent SH. Aims: To assess the relationship between SH and coping ...