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Prevalences of lifetime histories of self‐cutting and suicidal ideation in Japanese adolescents: Differences by age
Author(s) -
Matsumoto Toshihiko,
Imamura Fumi,
Chiba Yasuhiko,
Katsumata Yotaro,
Kitani Masahiko,
Takeshima Tadashi
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01807.x
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , ideation , psychology , clinical psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , psychiatry , medicine , demography , medical emergency , cognitive science , sociology
We examined differences in the prevalence of a lifetime history of self‐cutting and suicidal ideation by age among junior and senior high‐school students. Histories of self‐cutting and suicidal ideation were reported by 9.9% and 40.4% of the students. Among early teens, females were more likely to report suicidal ideation than males, and among late teens, females were more likely than males to report self‐cutting.