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Deliberate Self Harm in Adolescents: Self Report Survey in Schools in England
Keith Hawton,Karen Rodham,Emma Evans +2 more
- Vol. 2004, Iss: 1, pp 77-78
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Deliberate self harm defined according to strict criteria is common in adolescents, especially females Associated factors include recent awareness of self harm in peers, self harm by family members, drug misuse, depression, anxiety, impulsivity, and low self esteem.About:
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No health without mental health.
Martin Prince,Vikram Patel,Shekhar Saxena,Mario Maj,Joanna Maselko,Michael R. Phillips,Atif Rahman +6 more
TL;DR: Mental health affects progress towards the achievement of several Millennium Development Goals, such as promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women, reduction of child mortality, improvement of maternal health, and reversal of the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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Self-harm and suicide in adolescents.
TL;DR: Major challenges include the development of greater understanding of the factors that contribute to self-harm and suicide in young people, especially mechanisms underlying contagion and the effect of new media.
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Prevalence of Nonsuicidal Self‐Injury in Nonclinical Samples: Systematic Review, Meta‐Analysis and Meta‐Regression
TL;DR: Results showed that methodological factors contributed over half (51.6%) of the heterogeneity in prevalence estimates, and, after adjusting for these factors, NSSI prevalence did not increase over time.
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Emotional Distress Among LGBT Youth: The Influence of Perceived Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
TL;DR: Mediation analyses showed that perceived discrimination accounted for increased depressive symptomatology amongLGBT males and females, and accounted for an elevated risk of self-harm and suicidal ideation among LGBT males.
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Self-injurious behaviors in a college population.
TL;DR: A substantial number of college students reported self-injurious behaviors in their lifetimes, and many of the behaviors occurred among individuals who had never been in therapy for any reason and who only rarely disclosed their self- inJurious behaviors to anyone.
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TL;DR: A limited range of diagnoses--most commonly a mood disorder alone or in combination with conduct disorder and/or substance abuse--characterizes most suicides among teenagers.
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David A. Brent,Joshua A. Perper,Grace Moritz,Chris Allman,Amy Friend,Claudia Roth,Joy Schweers,Lisa Balach,Marianne Baugher +8 more
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TL;DR: Results from the 1999 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey demonstrate that numerous high school students engage in behaviors that increase their likelihood of death from these four causes, including motor-vehicle crashes, other unintentional injuries, homicide, and suicide.
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