ArticleChild and adolescent mental health2022
Life problems in children and adolescents who self-harm: findings from the multicentre study of self-harm in England.
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- Global adolescent self-harm (10-19 years): 1990-2021 trends, health inequalities, frontier analysis, and 2035 projections using global burden of disease data.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Practitioner Review: Treatments for young people who self-harm - challenges and recommendations for research and clinical practice.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025Review
- Trends in the complexity of self-harm hospitalisations over 11 years at a major regional hospital in Victoria, Australia: a retrospective study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Study pressure and self harm in Chinese primary school students: the effect of depression and parent-child relationships.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Temperament and the Experience of Tension and Self-Injurious Behaviour in Adolescents-The Mediating Role of Maladaptive Perfectionism.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Gender-specific pathways in mental health crisis in adolescents, from consultation to (in)voluntary admission: a retrospective study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Trace amine-associated receptor 1 agonist reduces aggression in brain serotonin-deficient tryptophan hydroxylase 2 knockout rats.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Playfulness and adolescence: mentalization and neuropsychoanalysis perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Childhood predictors of self-harm, externalised violence and transitioning to dual harm in a cohort of adolescents and young adults.Psychological medicine · 2023Article
- A comparison of temporal pathways to self-harm in young people compared to adults: A pilot test of the Card Sort Task for Self-harm online using Indicator Wave Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSelf-harm, a significant and increasing global problem in children and adolescents, is often repeated and is associated with risk of future suicide. To identify potential interventions, we need to understand the life problems faced by children and adolescents, and by sub-groups of younger people who self-harm. Our aims were to include the following: (a) investigate the type and frequency of life problems in a large sample of children and adolescents who self-harmed. (b) Examine whether problems differ between those who repeat self-harm and those who do not.
methodsWe analysed data for 2000 to 2013 (follow up until 2014) from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England on individuals aged 11 to 18 years who presented to one of the five study hospitals following self-harm and received a psychosocial assessment including questions about problems, which precipitated self-harm.
resultsIn 5648 patients (12,261 self-harm episodes), (75.5% female, mean age 16.1 years) the most frequently reported problems at first episode of self-harm were family problems. Problems around study/employment/study and relationships with friends also featured prominently. The types of problems that precede self-harm differed between late childhood/early adolescence. Abuse, mental health problems and legal problems significantly predicted repeat self-harm for females.
conclusionThe most common problems reported by both genders were social/interpersonal in nature, indicating the need for relevant services embedded in the community (e.g. in schools/colleges). Self-harm assessment and treatment choices for children and adolescents must take age and gender into account. To prevent future self-harm, individualised supports and services are particularly needed for abuse, mental health and legal problems.
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