title: Non-suicidal self-injurious behavior in forensic child and adolescent populations. Clinical features and relationship with depression.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate risk factors for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), and present the relationship between NSSI and depression in children and adolescents who appeared for forensic examination.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study consisted of 295 children and adolescents who were brought for judicial examination in the TR Ministry of Justice Forensic Science Department, Council of Forensic Medicine, Ankara, Turkey between May and October 2013. Sociodemographic factors, alcohol and substance abuse, and history of sexual abuse and suicide attempts were assessed using a semi-structured questionnaire. During forensic medical examinations, NSSI was evaluated. Depression was assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The frequency of NSSI was 20.2% among boys, and 30.6% among girls. Statistical differences were found between subjects with and without NSSI in terms of number of children in their families, whether or not their parents were divorced, whether they held part-time jobs, or had a history of sexual abuse, substance abuse, or suicide attempts, and the number of criminal involvements. Those with NSSI had higher depressive scores than others (p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children and adolescents with NSSI have wide-ranging problems in their lives. In a forensic adolescent population, depressive symptoms are more common in individuals with NSSI behaviors, and the specific characteristics of these behaviors need further investigation.
authors: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Etlik Kecioren, Ankara, Turkey. E-mail: drkrykr@yahoo.com.
authors: Koray
authors: K
authors: Kara
authors: Sait
authors: S
authors: Ozsoy
authors: Hacer
authors: H
authors: Teke
authors: M Ayhan
authors: MA
authors: Congologlu
authors: Turker
authors: T
authors: Turker
authors: Tulay
authors: T
authors: Renklidag
authors: Mustafa
authors: M
authors: Karapirli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012307:Risk Factors; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
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