Authors:
Mitrou F, Gaudie J, Lawrence D, Silburn SR, Stanley FJ, Zubrick SR.
Authors notes:
BMC Psychiatry. 2010 Oct 18;10:82.
Keywords:
antecedents, hospital admission, deliberate self-harm, 14-year follow-up study, data-linkage, DSH, reduce suicide rates
Abstract:
A prior episode of deliberate self-harm (DSH) is one of the strongest predictors of future completed suicide. Identifying antecedents of DSH may inform strategies designed to reduce suicide rates. This study aimed to determine whether individual and socio-ecological factors collected in childhood and adolescence were associated with later hospitalisation for DSH.