Young people's contact with healthcare before and after suicidal behaviour
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____________________________________________________________ iii SAMMANFATTNING PÅ SVENSKA _________________________________ vi ORIGINAL STUDIES __________________________________________________ ix ABBREVIATIONS _____________________________________________________ x INTRODUCTION ______________________________________________________ 1 History ___________________________________________________________________ 1 Self‐harm, history and definitions ______________________________________________ 2 Epidemiology ______________________________________________________________ 4 Reasons and risk factors for self‐harm __________________________________________ 5 Young adulthood ___________________________________________________________ 6 Treatment ________________________________________________________________ 6 Help‐seeking _______________________________________________________________ 7 Help‐seeking for non‐psychiatric causes _________________________________________ 7 Physical conditions __________________________________________________________ 8 Adherence to care __________________________________________________________ 8 AIMS __________________________________________________________________ 10 METHODS ___________________________________________________________ 11 Studies I and II ____________________________________________________________ 11 Procedure ____________________________________________________________ 11 Participants ___________________________________________________________ 11 Ethical considerations ___________________________________________________ 12 Interviews ____________________________________________________________ 12 Analysis ______________________________________________________________ 13 Studies III and IV ___________________________________________________________ 14 Participants and procedure ______________________________________________ 14 Ethical considerations ___________________________________________________ 15 Statistical analyses _____________________________________________________ 15 RESULTS ______________________________________________________________ 16 Study I___________________________________________________________________ 16 Study II __________________________________________________________________ 17 Study III __________________________________________________________________ 18 Study IV _________________________________________________________________ 20
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