Table 1.

Sources of help contacted before and after most recent episode of DSH by adolescents with a lifetime history of DSH

	Source of help beforehand			Source of help afterwards
	N = 558*	N = 137*	N = 421*	N = 526*	N = 133*	N = 393*
	N (%)	Male (%)	Female (%)	N (%)	Male (%)	Female (%)
Friend	221 (40)	46 (34)	175 (42)	246 (47)	57 (43)	191 (49)
Someone in your family	58 (11)	10 (8)	48 (12)	118 (23)	25 (20)	96 (25)
Telephone helpline	39 (8)	5 (4)	34 (9)	15 (3)	4 (3)	11 (3)
Teacher	33 (6)	8 (6)	25 (6)	26 (5)	9 (7)	17 (5)
Psychologist/psychiatrist	26 (5)	8 (6)	18 (5)	39 (8)	13 (10)	28 (8)
GP/Doctor	18 (4)	2 (2)	16 (4)	37 (8)	9 (7)	29 (8)
Social worker	16 (3)	7 (6)	9 (2)	20 (4)	6 (5)	15 (4)
Drop-in/advice centre	10 (2)	2 (2)	8 (2)	7 (1)	2 (2)	5 (1)
Any other source	45 (9)	9 (7)	36 (9)	20 (4)	7 (6)	14 (4)

* N varies due to missing data, N represents the maximum number of responses