Gülhazar Saçarçelik1, Ahmet Türkcan2, Hülya Güveli3, Dilek Yeşilbaş2. 1. Afşin Public Hospital, Division of Psychiatry, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. 2. Bakırköy Ord. Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health Education and Research Hospital, Department of Psychiatry Clinic, İstanbul, Turkey. 3. Rize Education and Research Hospital, Department of Psychiatry Clinic, Rize, Turkey.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the features of deliberate self-harm (DSH) behavior in patients admitted to the psychiatric outpatient clinic for adolescents and young adults and also to detect the association between the act of DSH and childhood traumas. METHOD: In this study, we included all patients who were admitted to the secondary-care psychiatric outpatient clinic for adolescents and young adults in Bakırkoy Research and Training Hospital Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery throughout a month. A sociodemographic data form, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-28), Childhood Abuse and Neglect Question List and the Deliberate Self-Harm and Intent Screening Form were applied to three hundred participants. RESULT: The prevalence of DSH was 50.0% among the participants (56.8% for females and 28.8% for males). Childhood abuse was detected in 57.0% of all participants (60.4% of females and 46.6% of males). Among patients with act of DSH, the rate of childhood abuse was 71.3%, while it was 42.7% in the subjects without act of DSH. CONCLUSION: DSH is a common behavior among adolescent psychiatric patients. It is more common in females than in males. The prevalence of experience of childhood abuse and neglect is remarkably high and is associated with self-harm behavior.
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the features of deliberate self-harm (DSH) behavior in patients admitted to the psychiatricoutpatient clinic for adolescents and young adults and also to detect the association between the act of DSH and childhood traumas. METHOD: In this study, we included all patients who were admitted to the secondary-care psychiatricoutpatient clinic for adolescents and young adults in Bakırkoy Research and Training Hospital Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery throughout a month. A sociodemographic data form, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-28), Childhood Abuse and Neglect Question List and the Deliberate Self-Harm and Intent Screening Form were applied to three hundred participants. RESULT: The prevalence of DSH was 50.0% among the participants (56.8% for females and 28.8% for males). Childhood abuse was detected in 57.0% of all participants (60.4% of females and 46.6% of males). Among patients with act of DSH, the rate of childhood abuse was 71.3%, while it was 42.7% in the subjects without act of DSH. CONCLUSION: DSH is a common behavior among adolescent psychiatricpatients. It is more common in females than in males. The prevalence of experience of childhood abuse and neglect is remarkably high and is associated with self-harm behavior.
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