title: Cross-national comparisons of the association between alcohol consumption and deliberate self-harm in adolescents.
abstract: How differences in drinking patterns may affect the impact of alcohol consumption on deliberate self-harm among adolescents is explored in this international comparative study. Schools in Australia, Belgium, England, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Norway (N = 30,532) were surveyed. In all countries the risk of deliberate self-harm was significantly elevated among adolescents who reported some or numerous episodes of intoxication, controlling for confounding factors. The results support the assumption that intoxication is significantly related to the association between alcohol consumption and deliberate self-harm in adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Suicide Research and Prevention Unit, University of Oslo, Norway. ir@sirus.no
authors.forename: Ingeborg
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rossow
authors.forename: Mette
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ystgaard
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hawton
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Madge
authors.forename: Kees
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: van Heeringen
authors.forename: Erik Jan
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: de Wilde
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: DeLeo
authors.forename: Sandor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fekete
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data