TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Self-harm in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Mork, Erlend
A1  - Mehlum, Lars
A1  - Barrett, Elizabeth A.
A1  - Agartz, Ingrid
A1  - Harkavy-Friedman, Jill M.
A1  - Lorentzen, Steinar
A1  - Melle, Ingrid
A1  - Andreassen, Ole A.
A1  - Walby, Fredrik A.
SP  - 111
EP  - 123
VL  - 16
IS  - 2
N2  - This study describes the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and gender profile of self-harm in a cross-sectional sample of 388 patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. All patients were interviewed and assessed with respect to lifetime self-harm and relevant clinical variables. An overall of 49% of the patients reported self-harm which was associated with female gender, having had a depressive episode, younger age at psychosis onset, alcohol abuse or dependence, current suicidality, awareness of illness, and low adherence to prescribed medication. Higher awareness of having a mental disorder was associated with self-harm in men only, while emotional dysregulation was associated with self-harm in women only. We conclude that while self-harm in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders is highly prevalent in both genders, risk factors in men and women differ in several important ways.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2012.667328
ID  - ref1
ER  -