title: Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Is Predictive of Suicide Attempts Among Individuals with Mood Disorders.
abstract: Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) prior to age 18 was evaluated as a risk factor for adulthood suicide attempt (SA). Archival data from 222 mood-disordered participants were analyzed using multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis. Participants with a youth SA were excluded. The hazards of SA among adult participants with a history of youth NSSI were twice than those of mood-disordered participants without youth NSSI (hazard ratio = 2.00, 95% confidence interval = 1.16-3.44, p = .01). Moreover, participants who had both youth and adult NSSI attempted suicide significantly earlier than participants who began NSSI as an adult. Youth NSSI is associated with persistent, elevated SA risk in adulthood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, USA.|Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Megan S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chesin
authors.affiliation: Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Hanga
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Galfavy
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Cemile Ceren
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Sonmez
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Maria A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Oquendo
authors.affiliation: Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: J John
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.affiliation: Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stanley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology