Reasons for deliberate self-harm: comparison of self-poisoners and self-cutters in a community sample of adolescents.

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OBJECTIVE: To compare motives and premeditation between adolescent deliberate self-poisoners and self-cutters. METHOD: In a sample of 6,020 pupils aged 15 and 16 years who completed a self-report questionnaire, those who had deliberately cut themselves in the previous year (n = 220) were compared with those who had taken overdoses (n = 86). RESULTS: More adolescents who took overdoses than those who cut themselves said that they had wanted to die (66.7% versus 40.2%, chi2 = 14.94, p <.000...>

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Authors: Rodham, K; Hawton, K; Evans, E

• Journal: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 80-87
• Publication date: 2004-01-01
• DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200401000-00017
• EISSN: 1527-5418
• ISSN: 0890-8567
• Language: English
• Keywords: Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Impulsive Behavior; Female; Motivation; Adolescent Psychology; Male; Suicide, Attempted; England; Humans; Adolescent; Drug Overdose; Residence Characteristics; Self-Injurious Behavior