@article{ref1,
title="Self-harm in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2012",
author="Mork, Erlend and Mehlum, Lars and Barrett, Elizabeth A. and Agartz, Ingrid and Harkavy-Friedman, Jill M. and Lorentzen, Steinar and Melle, Ingrid and Andreassen, Ole A. and Walby, Fredrik A.",
volume="16",
number="2",
pages="111-123",
abstract="This study describes the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and gender profile of self-harm in a cross-sectional sample of 388 patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. All patients were interviewed and assessed with respect to lifetime self-harm and relevant clinical variables. An overall of 49% of the patients reported self-harm which was associated with female gender, having had a depressive episode, younger age at psychosis onset, alcohol abuse or dependence, current suicidality, awareness of illness, and low adherence to prescribed medication. Higher awareness of having a mental disorder was associated with self-harm in men only, while emotional dysregulation was associated with self-harm in women only. We conclude that while self-harm in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders is highly prevalent in both genders, risk factors in men and women differ in several important ways.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811118.2012.667328",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2012.667328"
}