Exploring Adolescent Experiences with Disclosing Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Across Settings.

ABSTRACT: Disclosure of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) is critical to current treatment and prevention programs. Limited research has examined patterns of and barriers to SITB disclosure in adolescents. This work is critical given the limits of confidentiality in this population. Over 1,000 adolescents aged 13-17 with a history of mental health treatment and SITBs were recruited online. Participants reported their history with disclosing SITBs across a range of relationships, honesty in and barriers to disclosure to health care providers, and their experiences with breaches of confidentiality to parents/guardians. We examined relationships among these experiences and a range of outcomes, including perceived likelihood of future disclosure. Participants reported most frequent disclosur

SUBMITTER: Fox KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9043038 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature