MEASURING THE INCIDENCE OF SELF-INJURY Some Methodological and Design Considerations

Self-injury behavior in a city of some 200,000 residents was measured in a study designed to employ a wider variety of sources of information than had previous studies. The study disclosed a much higher rate of self-injury than reported in earlier studies. Reasons for this high rate are discussed, a...

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Published in:	American journal of orthopsychiatry Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 142 - 148
Main Authors:	Whitehead, Paul C., Johnson, F. Gordon, Ferrence, Roberta
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK American Orthopsychiatric Association, Inc 01-01-1973 Blackwell Publishing Ltd American Orthopsychiatric Association Educational Publishing Foundation
Subjects:	Adolescent Epidemiologic Methods Female Human Human Sex Differences Humans Intention Male Medical Records Methodology Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Ontario Prisons Research Design Sex Factors Suicidal Ideation Suicide - epidemiology Ontario
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Summary:	Self-injury behavior in a city of some 200,000 residents was measured in a study designed to employ a wider variety of sources of information than had previous studies. The study disclosed a much higher rate of self-injury than reported in earlier studies. Reasons for this high rate are discussed, and the authors contend that "the true" rate of self-injury is much higher even than that reported in their study.
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ISSN:	0002-9432 1939-0025
DOI:	10.1111/j.1939-0025.1973.tb00795.x