Citation

Bolognini M, Plancherel B, Laget J, Stephan P, Halfon O. Swiss J. Psychol. 2003; 62(4): 241-249.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Verlag Hans Huber)

DOI

10.1024/1421-0185.62.4.241

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The aim of this study, which was carried out in the French-speacking part of Switzerland, was to examine the relationship between suicide attempts and self-mutilation by adolescents and young adults. The population, aged 14-25 years (N= 308), included a clinical sample of dependent subjects (drug abuse and eating disorders) compared to a control sample. On the basis of the Mini Neuropsychiatric Interview (Sheehan et al., 1998), DSM-IV criteria were used for the inclusion of the clinical population. The results concerning the occurrence of suicide attempts as well as on self-mutilation confirm most of the hypotheses postulated: suicidal attempts and self-mutilation were more common in the clinical group compared to the control group, and there was a correlation between suicide attempts and self-mutilation. However, there was only a partial overlap, attesting that suicide and self-harm might correspond to two different types of behaviour.

Language: en

Keywords

Adolescence; Self-mutilation; Dependency; Personality characteristics