@article{ref1,
title="Self-harmful behaviors in a population-based sample of young adults",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2004",
author="Sowerby, Paula and Morrison, D. and Langley, John Desmond and Skegg, Keren and Nada-Raja, Shyamala",
volume="34",
number="2",
pages="177-186",
abstract="A birth cohort of 472 women and 494 men aged 26 years was interviewed about a range of self-harmful behaviors first and then asked about suicidal intent. Lifetime prevalence of self-harm using traditional methods of suicide (ICD [International Classification of Diseases] self-harm) was 13%, with 9% of the sample describing at least one such episode as "attempted suicide." Other self-harmful behaviors were common; 14% of women and 33% of men reported self-battery. ICD self-harm over the past year was reported by 3%, mostly without suicidal intent. ICD self-harm and even lesser behaviors were associated with high odds of reporting suicidal ideation. The findings suggest that studies of self-harm should include behaviors not necessarily associated with suicidal intent.",
language="",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1521/suli.34.2.177.32781",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.34.2.177.32781"
}