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Suicide Clusters: A Review of Risk Factors and Mechanisms
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Haw, Camilla; Hawton, Keith; Niedzwiedz, Claire; Platt, Steve – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2013
Suicide clusters, although uncommon, cause great concern in the communities in which they occur. We searched the world literature on suicide clusters and describe the risk factors and proposed psychological mechanisms underlying the spatio-temporal clustering of suicides (point clusters). Potential risk factors include male gender, being an…
Descriptors: Suicide, At Risk Persons, Gender Differences, Age Differences
Deliberate Self-Harm within an International Community Sample of Young People: Comparative Findings from the Child & Adolescent Self-Harm in Europe (CASE) Study
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Madge, Nicola; Hewitt, Anthea; Hawton, Keith; de Wilde, Erik Jan; Corcoran, Paul; Fekete, Sandor; van Heeringen, Kees; De Leo, Diego; Ystgaard, Mette – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Background: Deliberate self-harm among young people is an important focus of policy and practice internationally. Nonetheless, there is little reliable comparative international information on its extent or characteristics. We have conducted a seven-country comparative community study of deliberate self-harm among young people. Method: Over 30,000…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Questionnaires
How Often Does Deliberate Self-Harm Occur Relative to Each Suicide? A Study of Variations by Gender and Age
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Hawton, Keith; Harriss, Louise – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2008
Deliberate self-harm (DSH; i.e., nonfatal self-poisoning or self-injury) occurs much more frequently than suicide, yet there has been little detailed investigation of the comparative rates of DSH and suicide. We conducted a study of how rates of DSH relate to suicide rates across the life cycle by gender and by method of estimation of DSH rates,…
Descriptors: Suicide, Older Adults, Self Destructive Behavior, Gender Differences
Deliberate Self-Harm by under-15-Year-Olds: Characteristics, Trends and Outcome
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Hawton, Keith; Harriss, Louise – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008
Background: Relatively little information is available about the characteristics and long-term outcome of children and adolescents aged under 15 years who present to general hospitals because of deliberate self-harm (DSH). Method: Information was collected on 710 consecutive under-15-year-olds presenting to a general hospital in central England…
Descriptors: Suicide, Adolescents, Self Destructive Behavior, Hospitalized Children
The Association between Life Events and Suicide Intent in Self-Poisoners with and without a History of Deliberate Self-Harm: A Preliminary Study
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Crane, Catherine; Williams, J. Mark. G.; Hawton, Keith; Arensman, Ella; Hjelmeland, Heidi; Bille-Brahe, Unni; Corcoran, Paul; De Leo, Diego; Fekete, Sandor; Grad, Onja; Haring, Christian; Kerkhof, Ad J. F. M.; Lonnqvist, Jouko; Michel, Konrad; Renberg, Ellinor Salander; Schmidtke, Armin; van Heeringen, Cornelius; Wasserman, Danuta – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
The associations between life events in the 12 months preceding an episode of self-poisoning resulting in hospital attendance (the index episode), and the suicide intent of this episode were compared in individuals for whom the index episode was their first, episode and in individuals in whom it was a recurrence of DSH. Results indicated a…
Descriptors: Females, Suicide, Correlation, Self Destructive Behavior