%0 Journal Article
%T Risk factors for dementia and self-harm: a linkage study
%J Alzheimer's and dementia
%D 2023
%A Walker, Adrian R.
%A Srasuebkul, Preeyaporn
%A Trollor, Julian N.
%A Wand, Anne P. F.
%A Draper, Brian
%A Cvejic, Rachael C.
%A Moxey, Annette
%A Reppermund, Simone
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P ePub-ePub
%X 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>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 1552-5260
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.13080