The aggressor at the mirror: Psychiatric correlates of deliberate self-harm in male prison inmates

European Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue , 2017, Pages 153-160

  Verdolini, N ^a,b   Murru, A ^a   Pacchiarotti, I ^a   Bonnin, C del Mar ^a   Samalin, L ^a,e,f   Vieta, E ^a   Attademo, L ^b,c   Garinella, R ^b,d   Pauselli, L ^b,g   Quartesan, R ^b   Tortorella, A ^b   Piselli, M ^b   Tamantini, A ^b   Carvalho, A F ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c Department of Mental Health   (Italy)

^d Centro di Selezione e Reclutamento Nazionale dell'Esercito   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^f Hopital Albert Chenevier   (France)

^g NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Deliberate self harm; Forensic psychiatry; Psychosis; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION SEVERITY INDEX; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIBERATE SELF HARM; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020846784     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.04.002     Document Type: Article

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