Increasing Trend and Characteristics of Korean Adolescents Presenting to Emergency Department for Self-Harm: A 5-Year Experience, 2015 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Emergency department (ED) is a common treatment setting for adolescents with clinically serious self-harm. Here, we investigated the clinical characteristics and trends of adolescents with self-harm who visited the ED in one Korean university hospital. We also compared patients with a single ED visit to those with multiple ED visits to identify the risk factor of repeated visits.

Materials and methods

We retrospectively identified patients aged 12 to 18 years who presented to ED for self-harm from January 2015 to December 2019, based on electronic medical records. Self-harm included all thoughts and behaviors indicating intents to harm or hurt oneself, regardless of the degree of such attempt.

Results

A total of 168 individuals (male:female=31:137; average 15.

SUBMITTER: Cheon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7329735 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature