TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - The prevalence of deliberate self-harm behavior and its association with sociodemographic features in patients referred to secondary care psychiatric clinic for adolescents and young adults
JO  - Thinking man: the journal of psychiatry and neurological sciences
A1  - Saçarçelik, Gülhazar
A1  - Türkcan, Ahmet
A1  - Güveli, Hülya
A1  - Yeşilbaş, Dilek
SP  - 253
EP  - 264
VL  - 24
IS  - 4
N2  - Object: In this study, the prevalence of deliberate self-harm behavior and its association with sociodemographic features in patients referred to secondary care psychiatric clinic of adolescents and young adults was researched.    Methods: Overall 300 patients, who successively referred to the secondary care clinic for adolescents and young adults in Bakırköy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery throughout a month were evaluated by using a sociodemographic form, a deliberate self-harm and intent screening form, and those who were found to perform a deliberative self-harm, were assessed with a deliberative self-harm inventory.    Results: The ratio of deliberate self-harm in all patients participated in the study was 50% (n=150). Behavior of deliberate self-harm was found to be 56.8% (n=129) in girls and 28.8% (n=21) in boys, and the difference was significant. The most frequent deliberate self-harm type was taking high dose pill (73.3%) in girls and body cutting in boys (66.7%).    Discussion: In our study, in one of the two adolescents treated in psychiatry clinic, a deliberate self-harm behavior was observed and this was higher among girls than boys.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1018-8681
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5350/DAJPN2011240401
ID  - ref1
ER  -