Table 2.

High frequency items for first and most recent episodes of self-harm.

First episode of self-harm		Most recent episode of self-harm
Card/item	Frequency	Card/item	Frequency
I felt depressed and sad	32	I felt depressed and sad	38
I could not tell anyone how I was feeling	30	I could not tell anyone how I was feeling	31
I hated myself	28	I isolated myself from others	31
I isolated myself from others	28	I hated myself	29
I felt worthless	24	I felt like a burden on peopleb	29
I was not able to sleep	24	I felt I could not escape from feelings or situations	28
I could not trust anyonea	23	I felt worthless	27
I was angry	23	I felt very hopeless about the futureb	26
I felt better after self-harma	23	I was not able to sleep	26
I felt I could not escape from feelings or situations	22	I had access to the means to hurt myself	26
I had access to the means to hurt myself	22	I felt very anxious	25
I did it on impulse without planning	22	I was angry	24
I could not think of anything else to doa	21	I did it on impulse without planning	24
I felt very anxious	20	I wanted to dieb	23
		I was very agitated and restlessb	23

^aHigh frequency item reaching criterion for first episode of self-harm only.

^bHigh frequency item reaching criterion for most recent episode of self-harm only. (Other items reached criterion for both episodes.)