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Predicting Deliberate Self-Harm in Adolescents: A Six Month Prospective Study
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O'Connor, Rory C.; Rasmussen, Susan; Hawton, Keith – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2009
Few studies have investigated the extent to which psychosocial/psychological factors are associated with the prediction of deliberate self-harm (DSH) among adolescents. In this study, 737 pupils aged 15-16 years completed a lifestyle and coping survey at time one and 500 were followed up six months later. Six point two percent of the respondents…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Sexual Orientation, Adolescents, Self Destructive Behavior
The Association between Life Events and Suicide Intent in Self-Poisoners with and without a History of Deliberate Self-Harm: A Preliminary Study
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Crane, Catherine; Williams, J. Mark. G.; Hawton, Keith; Arensman, Ella; Hjelmeland, Heidi; Bille-Brahe, Unni; Corcoran, Paul; De Leo, Diego; Fekete, Sandor; Grad, Onja; Haring, Christian; Kerkhof, Ad J. F. M.; Lonnqvist, Jouko; Michel, Konrad; Renberg, Ellinor Salander; Schmidtke, Armin; van Heeringen, Cornelius; Wasserman, Danuta – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
The associations between life events in the 12 months preceding an episode of self-poisoning resulting in hospital attendance (the index episode), and the suicide intent of this episode were compared in individuals for whom the index episode was their first, episode and in individuals in whom it was a recurrence of DSH. Results indicated a…
Descriptors: Females, Suicide, Correlation, Self Destructive Behavior
Self-Injurious Behavior and Eating Disorders: The Extent and Nature of the Association
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Svirko, Elena; Hawton, Keith – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
We have reviewed the literature on the association between self-injurious behaviors (SIB) and eating disorders from the psychological-behavioral perspective. Our aims were to investigate the extent and possible reasons for the association. A literature search was conducted using the following electronic databases (1989-2005): Medline, PsychInfo…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Sexual Abuse, Self Destructive Behavior, Eating Disorders
Cross-National Comparisons of the Association between Alcohol Consumption and Deliberate Self-Harm in Adolescents
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Rossow, Ingeborg; Ystgaard, Mette; Hawton, Keith; Madge, Nicola; van Heeringen, Kees; de Wilde, Erik Jan; DeLeo, Diego; Fekete, Sandor; Morey, Carolyn – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
How differences in drinking patterns may affect the impact of alcohol consumption on deliberate self-harm among adolescents is explored in this international comparative study. Schools in Australia, Belgium, England, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Norway (N = 30,532) were surveyed. In all countries the risk of deliberate self-harm was…
Descriptors: Drinking, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
Repetition of Deliberate Self-Harm: A Study of the Characteristics and Subsequent Deaths in Patients Presenting to a General Hospital According to Extent of Repetition
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Haw, Camilla; Bergen, Helen; Casey, Deborah; Hawton, Keith – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
Repetition of deliberate self-harm (DSH) is common. Some patients repeat multiple times. We have investigated the characteristics of repeaters, and mortality in three groups of DSH patients by repetition status. Data collected by the Oxford Monitoring System for Attempted Suicide were used to examine the pattern of repetition of DSH patients…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Hospitals, Suicide, Personality Traits