What is it about?

This paper identifies the prevalence of self-harm in a community sample of 856 school-going adolescents in Ireland. It also identifies the factors that are associated with self-harm behavior which include the exposure to self-harm of a friend/family member. The paper also reports on the low level of professional help-seeking both prior to and after self-harm.

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Why is it important?

There have been relatively few community studies of adolescent self-harm in Ireland. This paper adds to the evidence base on this topic using internationally validated methods to establish the prevalence of self-harm thereby allowing comparability to other studies using the same methods. Identifying the prevalence of self-harm and associated factors, in addition to help-seeking behaviors in young people is important to determine the preventative programs to target 'at-risk' groups.

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This page is a summary of: Self-harm in young people: Prevalence, associated factors, and help-seeking in school-going adolescents, International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, July 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/inm.12144.
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