TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - The prevalence of self-harm behaviors in a consecutive sample of cardiac stress test patients
JO  - International journal of psychiatry in medicine
A1  - Sansone, Randy A.
A1  - Dittoe, Nathaniel
A1  - Hahn, Harvey S.
A1  - Wiederman, Michael W.
SP  - 123
EP  - 126
VL  - 41
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-2174
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/PM.41.2.b
ID  - ref1
ER  -