TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Self-harming behavior by patients admitted to forensic psychiatry
JO  - Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie
A1  - de Vogel, V.
A1  - Verstegen, N.
SP  - 419
EP  - 424
VL  - 63
IS  - 6
N2  - BACKGROUND: Incidents of self-harm by forensic psychiatric patients usually have a large impact on all those involved and self-harming behavior is an important predictor for violence towards others during treatment. <br><br>AIM: To describe incidents of self-harm during the treatment of patients admitted to forensic psychiatry. <br><br>METHOD: All incidents of self-harm during treatment in a forensic psychiatric center that were registered between 2008 and 2019 were analyzed and coded with respect to severity with the MOAS+. <br><br>RESULTS: Between 2008 and 2019 299 incidents of self-harm were registered committed by 106 patients. Most of these incidents (87,6%) were classified as non-suicidal. <br><br>METHODS most often used were cutting themselves with glass, broken plates or mugs, a razor or knife and swallowing dangerous objects or liquids. There were ten cases of suicide, almost all by suffocation with a rope or belt. The majority of the incidents were coded as severe or extreme with the MOAS+. Female patients were overrepresented and they caused on average three times more incidents than male patients. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Incidents of self-harm happen regularly in forensic psychiatry and are usually severe. More research is needed into the impact on all those involved, motivations and triggers for self-harming behavior and effective treatment of it.<p />  <p>Language: nl</p>
LA  - nl
SN  - 0303-7339
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -