Differentiating adults who think about self-harm from those who engage in self-harm: the role of volitional alcohol factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-harm, an act of self-poisoning or self-injury irrespective of motivation, is a major public health concern. Use of alcohol prior to or alongside acts of self-harm is common but little is known about the alcohol-related mechanisms of self-harm enaction. We utilised an ideation-to-action approach to clarify the extent to which volitional alcohol factors differentiated those who have thoughts of self-harm but do not act on them (self-harm ideation) and those who engage in self-harm (self-harm enaction).

Methods

Cross-sectional analyses of the baseline phase of the Health Lifestyle and Wellbeing study: 1546 adults (1079 female; Mean age = 34 y; 92% White) resident in Scotland completed measures of demographics, lifetime self-harm, volitional alcohol factors and p

SUBMITTER: Melson AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6816185 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature