Nonsuicidal
self-injury (NSSI) and suicidal ideation (SI) are both distressing and quite
common, particularly in youth. Given the relationship between these two
phenomena, it is crucial to learn how we can use information about NSSI to
understand who is at greatest risk of suicidal thoughts. In this study, we
investigated how characteristics of nonsuicidal self-injury related to SI among
treatment-seeking adolescents and young adults.
Low
severity methods of NSSI (e.g. banging) were more strongly associated with SI
than high severity methods (e.g. breaking bones). SI was associated with
intrapersonal (automatic) NSSI functions. SI was associated with some indices
of NSSI severity, such as number of methods and urge for NSSI, but not with
others, such as age of onset.
This
study provides a valuable opportunity to expand our knowledge of suicide risk
factors beyond those that may apply broadly to self-injurers and to
non-injurers (e.g., depression, substance use) to NSSI-related factors that
might be specifically predictive of suicidal thoughts among self-injurers.
Findings inform clinical risk assessment of self-injurious youth, a population
at high risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and provide further insight
into the complex NSSI/suicide relationship.
Read more at: http://ht.ly/S4060
1Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver V6T1Z4, BC, Canada
2Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital, 1650 Moon Lake Boulevard, Hoffman Estates 60169, IL, USA
3Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Abbott Hall Suite 1204, 710 N Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 60611, IL, USA
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