Factors in those who repeatedly self-harm

Factors in those who repeatedly self-harm.

Distinguishing adolescents who think about self-harm from those who engage in self-harm.

BACKGROUND Adolescent self-harm is a major public health concern, yet little is known about the factors that distinguish adolescents who think about self-harm but do not act on these thoughts from those who act on such thoughts. AIMS Within a new theoretical model, the integrated motivational-volitional model, we investigated factors associated with adolescents having thoughts of self-harm (i...

Deliberate self-harm in adolescents: comparison between those who receive help following self-harm and those who do not.

This international comparative study addresses differences between adolescents who engage in deliberate self-harm (DSH) and who receive help following the DSH episode versus those who do not. A standardised self-report questionnaire was completed by pupils aged 14-17 in Australia, Belgium, England, Hungary, Ireland, The Netherlands, and Norway (n=30,532). An act of DSH in the year prior to the ...

Self-Harm in Children under 14: A Comparison of Inpatients Who Self- Harm with Those Who Do Not

This study investigated characteristics and variables associated with self-harm in patients in a psychiatric unit which accepted children aged 7-13 years. It sought specifically to determine the role of emotion regulation as a motivation for self-harm in children. The study involved hypothesis driven examination of case files from 80 in patients admitted between 2003-8 to the Child and Family T...

Adding group psychotherapy to routine care does not improve outcomes in adolescents who repeatedly self-harm.

ED FROM Green JM, Wood AJ, Kerfoot MJ, et al. Group therapy for adolescents with repeated self harm: randomised controlled trial with economic evaluation. BMJ 2011;342:d682. Correspondence to: Professor Jonathan M Green, Psychiatry Research Group, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; jonathan.green@manchester. ac.uk Sources of funding: Funded by The Health Foundation and sponsored ...