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Deliberate self‐harm in adolescents: Comparison between those who receive help following self‐harm and those who do not

Year: 2008
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: 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 study was reported by 1660 participants. Nearly half (48.4%) had not received any help following DSH, 32.8% had received help from their social network only and 18.8% from health services. Except for Hungary, cross-national comparisons revealed remarkably similar findings. Adolescents who had been in contact with health services following DSH reported more often a wish to die, lethal methods, alcohol/drug problems and DSH in the family compared to those who had not. However, those who received no help or help from their social network only were also heavily burdened.
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.10.010
Authors: Mette Ystgaard, Ella Arensman, Keith Hawton, Nicola Madge, Kees van Heeringen, Anthea Hewitt, Erik Jan de Wilde, Diego De Leo, Sandor Fekete
Institutions: Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway, National Suicide Research Foundation, University of Oxford, Brunel University of London, Ghent University, Statistics New Zealand, Netherlands Youth Institute, Griffith University, University of Pecs
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2069866319
FWCI: 3.913
Cites: 20
Cited by: 140
Related to: 10