Self-injury from early adolescence to early adulthood: age-related course, recurrence, and services use in males and females from the community.

ABSTRACT: Adolescent self-injury is a widespread public health problem, but long-term longitudinal studies from European countries are rare. Self-injury in males and sex differences are poorly understood. This study describes the prevalence, frequency, age-related course, and recurrence of, and mental health services use related to adolescent self-injury. Data came from a Swiss prospective-longitudinal cohort study (N = 1482). Adolescents (52% male) reported frequency of self-injury and mental health services use (including reasons for and types of services use, hospitalizations) at ages 13, 15, 17, and 20. Between ages 13-20, 27% of adolescents reported self-injury at least once. In males, prevalence decreased from 12 to 5%; in females self-injury peaked at age 15 (16%) and then decreased (11% at a

SUBMITTER: Steinhoff A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8140957 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature