Associations between self-harm and chronic disease among adolescents: Cohort study using statewide emergency department data.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We sought to understand the association between youthful self-harm and subsequent chronic disease-related healthcare utilization and whether self-harm reflects unique vulnerability in comparison with severe psychiatric disorders.

Methods

We used a retrospective matched cohort design with statewide, all-payer, individually linked emergency department (ED) data from California, USA. Risk of future ED visits for common chronic conditions in adolescence (headaches, asthma, epilepsy, diabetes, and gastrointestinal disorders, assessed using ICD-9 diagnoses) were compared between three adolescent study groups presenting to an ED in 2010: self-harm patients (n = 5,484), patients with psychiatric complaints but no self-harm (n = 14,235), and patients with other complaint

SUBMITTER: Lidon-Moyano C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6443424 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature