To date, little research has systematically investigated perceptions of mental health professionals regarding motivations for self-injury among prison inmates. To help fill this gap, the authors used descriptive techniques to examine self-injurious behavior among inmates from the perspective of correctional mental health professionals. A quantitative survey assessed perceptions of mental health...

BACKGROUND Self-harm is associated with a high risk of suicide. It is unclear whether suicidal intent at the time of self-harm is a risk factor for future suicidal behaviour. AIMS To investigate the relationship between suicidal intent and patient characteristics, repetition of self-harm, and suicide. METHOD Clinical and demographic data on 4415 patients presenting to hospital following sel...

Introduction Attempted or non-fatal self-poisoning is an important public health problem in Sri Lanka. Current evidence from Sri Lanka suggests that this phenomenon is more common among young people, and females, and is associated with a recent interpersonal conflict. International studies indicate that recent non-fatal selfharm is associated with an increased risk of repetition and completed s...

BACKGROUND The problem of people presenting to hospitals with self-harm is important because such presentations are common, there is a clear link to suicide and a high premature mortality. However, the best treatment for this population is unclear. AIMS To see whether a package of measures, that included regular postcards and problem-solving therapy, improved outcomes at 1 year compared with ...

Ecological studies of suicide and self-harm have established the importance of area variables (e.g., deprivation, social fragmentation) in explaining variations in suicide risk. However, there are likely to be unobserved influences on risk, typically spatially clustered, which can be modeled as random effects. Regression impacts may be biased if no account is taken of spatially structured influ...

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a risk factor for suicide attempts, but little is known about NSSI among military personnel and veterans, or about the temporal sequencing of NSSI relative to suicide ideation and attempts. This study evaluates trajectories of suicide ideation, NSSI, and suicide attempts in a sample of 422 military personnel and veterans. Of those with a history of NSSI, 77% al...

BACKGROUND Quantitative research about self-harm largely deals with self-poisoning, despite the high incidence of self-injury. AIMS We compared patterns of hospital care and repetition associated with self-poisoning and self-injury. METHOD Demographic and clinical data were collected in a multicentre, prospective cohort study, involving 10,498 consecutive episodes of self-harm at six Englis...

It is now a well-documented statistic that Asian women between the ages of 15–35 are two to three times more vulnerable to suicide and self-harm than their nonAsian counterparts (Soni-Raleigh, 1996). The article will summarize the Žndings of the research report Growing Up Young, Asian and Female in Britain (Newham Asian Women’s Project, 1998), which aimed to explore the reasons why young Asian ...

No intervention has been shown to be effective in preventing repetition of self-harm. In the 6-month follow-up of a large randomised controlled trial, we previously reported no effectiveness of the provision of a card offering 24-h crisis telephone consultation on repetition of self-harm. However, there was a possible benefit among those presenting following a first episode (OR=0.64, 95% CI 0.3...