Reasons for adolescent deliberate self-harm: A cry of pain and/or a cry for help?: Findings from the child and adolescent self-harm in Europe (CASE) study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 601-607

  Scoliers, Gerrit ^a   Portzky, Gwendolyn ^a   Madge, Nicola ^b   Hewitt, Anthea ^b   Hawton, Keith ^c   Wilde, Erik Jan ^d   Ystgaard, Mette ^e   Arensman, Ella ^f   Leo, Diego ^g   Fekete, Sandor ^h   Heeringen, Kees ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Netherlands Youth Institute NJI   (Netherlands)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f NATIONAL SUICIDE RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Ireland)

^g GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cry for help; Cry of pain; Deliberate self harm; Reasons

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; BELGIUM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 68349123528     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0469-z     Document Type: Article

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