@article{ref1,
title="The prevalence of self-harm behaviors in a consecutive sample of cardiac stress test patients",
journal="International journal of psychiatry in medicine",
year="2011",
author="Sansone, Randy A. and Dittoe, Nathaniel and Hahn, Harvey S. and Wiederman, Michael W.",
volume="41",
number="2",
pages="123-126",
abstract="While self-harm behavior has been studied in various psychiatric populations, particularly the behaviors of suicide attempts and completions, little empirical data exists on the lifetime prevalence of various self-harm behaviors in non-psychiatric populations. In the present study, using a cross-sectional approach and a self-report survey methodology, we examined the lifetime prevalence of 22 self-harm behaviors in a consecutive sample of 250 patients undergoing cardiac stress testing. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that abuse alcohol was most common (17.2%) followed by promiscuity (10.4%); 6% reported a previous suicide atatempt. <br><br>FINDINGS indicate areas of clinician inquiry for self-harm behaviors in non-psychiatric patients.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-2174",
doi="10.2190/PM.41.2.b",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/PM.41.2.b"
}