How self‐injury can lead to suicidality in teens: Under study

Both suicidality and nonsuicidal self‐injury (NSSI) among adolescents are serious concerns, but little is known about the level of suicidality in adolescents with a history of self‐injury. About 10% of adolescents in the community, and 35% in psychiatric patients, engage in NSSI. However, suicide ideation and attempts are less prevalent, with 12.1% of youth reporting ideation and 4.1% making at least one attempt. Suicidality and NSSI both increase from late childhood to adolescence, where they peak and then plateau or subside in early adulthood.