Citation

Chesin MS, Galfavy H, Sönmez CC, Wong A, Oquendo MA, Mann JJ, Stanley B. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2017; 47(5): 567-579.

Affiliation

Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/sltb.12331

PMID

28211201

Abstract

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) prior to age 18 was evaluated as a risk factor for adulthood suicide attempt (SA). Archival data from 222 mood-disordered participants were analyzed using multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis. Participants with a youth SA were excluded. The hazards of SA among adult participants with a history of youth NSSI were twice than those of mood-disordered participants without youth NSSI (hazard ratio = 2.00, 95% confidence interval = 1.16-3.44, p = .01). Moreover, participants who had both youth and adult NSSI attempted suicide significantly earlier than participants who began NSSI as an adult. Youth NSSI is associated with persistent, elevated SA risk in adulthood.

© 2017 The American Association of Suicidology.

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