The prevalence of self-cutting and other self-harm among 13- to 18-year-old Finnish adolescents
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric EpidemiologyPublished 5 July 2008
Eila Laukkanen, Marja‐Liisa Rissanen, Kirsi Honkalampi, Jari Kylmä, Tommi Tolmunen, Jukka Hintikka
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Self-cutting was associated with female gender and a very wide range of adverse psychosocial background variables and there was no gender difference in the risk of other self-harm.
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During adolescence, self-cutting and other self-harm are common. Adolescents who have self-cutting or harm themselves have wide-ranging problems in their lives. The specific characteristics of these phenomena need further investigation.
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