Young Robert, van Beinum Michael, Sweeting Helen, West Patrick
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK.
Br J Psychiatry. 2007 Jul;191:44-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.034330.
Self-harm among young people in the UK is possibly increasing but little is known about the reasons young people give for cessation and their link with gender or employment status.
To investigate self-harm in young people, prevalence, methods used, motivations for starting and ceasing, service use, and how these are related to gender, parental social class and current labour market position.
Population-based survey of 1258 18- to 20-year-olds living in the Central Clydeside Conurbation, Scotland.
Both past and current rates of self-harm were highest among those outside the labour market. This group was most likely to want to kill themselves and did not cite specialist mental health services as helpful in ceasing self-harm. Those in full-time education more often self-harmed for a brief time, mainly to reduce anxiety.
Current labour market position was a stronger predictor than parental social class or gender for self-harm, and was linked to level of severity, motivation for starting and ceasing, and service utilisation.
英国年轻人的自我伤害行为可能在增加，但对于年轻人停止自我伤害的原因以及这些原因与性别或就业状况的关联，我们知之甚少。
调查年轻人的自我伤害行为，包括患病率、使用的方法、开始和停止的动机、服务利用情况，以及这些与性别、父母社会阶层和当前劳动力市场地位的关系。
对居住在苏格兰克莱德赛德中部城区的1258名18至20岁的年轻人进行基于人群的调查。
无论是过去还是现在，劳动力市场以外的人群自我伤害率最高。这一群体最有可能想要自杀，并且不认为专业心理健康服务对停止自我伤害有帮助。全日制学生更多是短暂地进行自我伤害，主要是为了减轻焦虑。
当前劳动力市场地位比父母社会阶层或性别更能预测自我伤害行为，并且与严重程度、开始和停止的动机以及服务利用情况相关。
