Adolescents with suicidal and nonsuicidal self-harm: Clinical characteristics and response to therapeutic assessment

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-20

  Ougrin, Dennis ^a   Zundel, Tobias ^b   Kyriakopoulos, Marinos ^a   Banarsee, Reetoo ^c   Stahl, Daniel ^a   Taylor, Eric ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TAVISTOCK CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Nonsuicidal self injury; Self harm; Suicide attempt; Therapeutic assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CHILDRENS GLOBAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLUMBIA CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM OF SUICIDE ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF POISONING; SUICIDE; THERAPEUTIC ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859043306     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025043     Document Type: Article

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