Prevalence and clinical correlates of deliberate self-harm among a community sample of Italian adolescents

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 337-347

  Cerutti, R ^a   Manca, M ^a   Presaghi, F ^a   Gratz, Kim L ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Deliberate self harm behavior; Externalizing behaviors; Life events

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951945801     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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