@article{ref1,
title="Self-harming behavior by patients admitted to forensic psychiatry",
journal="Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie",
year="2021",
author="de Vogel, V. and Verstegen, N.",
volume="63",
number="6",
pages="419-424",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Incidents of self-harm by forensic psychiatric patients usually have a large impact on all those involved and self-harming behavior is an important predictor for violence towards others during treatment. <br><br>AIM: To describe incidents of self-harm during the treatment of patients admitted to forensic psychiatry. <br><br>METHOD: All incidents of self-harm during treatment in a forensic psychiatric center that were registered between 2008 and 2019 were analyzed and coded with respect to severity with the MOAS+. <br><br>RESULTS: Between 2008 and 2019 299 incidents of self-harm were registered committed by 106 patients. Most of these incidents (87,6%) were classified as non-suicidal. <br><br>METHODS most often used were cutting themselves with glass, broken plates or mugs, a razor or knife and swallowing dangerous objects or liquids. There were ten cases of suicide, almost all by suffocation with a rope or belt. The majority of the incidents were coded as severe or extreme with the MOAS+. Female patients were overrepresented and they caused on average three times more incidents than male patients. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Incidents of self-harm happen regularly in forensic psychiatry and are usually severe. More research is needed into the impact on all those involved, motivations and triggers for self-harming behavior and effective treatment of it.<p /> <p>Language: nl</p>",
language="nl",
issn="0303-7339",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}