@article{ref1,
title="Risk factors for dementia and self-harm: a linkage study",
journal="Alzheimer's and dementia",
year="2023",
author="Walker, Adrian R. and Srasuebkul, Preeyaporn and Trollor, Julian N. and Wand, Anne P. F. and Draper, Brian and Cvejic, Rachael C. and Moxey, Annette and Reppermund, Simone",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: People living with dementia experience poor mental health and high rates of self-harm. We investigated risk factors for self-harm in people aged > 40 years living with dementia and risk factors for dementia after self-harm. <br><br>METHODS: Using linked hospital data from New South Wales, Australia, we defined a dementia cohort (n = 154,811) and a self-harm cohort (n = 28,972). Using survival analyses, we investigated predictors of self-harm for the dementia cohort, and predictors of dementia for the self-harm cohort. <br><br>RESULTS: We found self-harm or dementia diagnoses occurred most often within 24 months of a dementia diagnosis or initial self-harm presentation, respectively. Men living with dementia, and people with complex psychiatric profiles, had the greatest risk of self-harm. Men who had self-harmed had the greatest risk of dementia diagnoses. <br><br>DISCUSSION: Men and people with complex psychiatric profiles and dementia may particularly benefit from post-diagnosis mental and behavioral support to reduce risk of self-harm.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1552-5260",
doi="10.1002/alz.13080",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.13080"
}