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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2017 Jul 4;58(12):1319–1329. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12769

Table 1.

Prevalence and frequency of self-injurious and suicidal thoughts and behaviors1 and major diagnoses at hospital admission.2

Prevalence Frequency3
% (n) M SD n4
Suicide Ideation
 Lifetime 100 (276) 308.56 529.82 255
 Past year 96.7 (267) 104.14 115.10 259
 Past month 89.9 (248) 13.42 10.04 247
 Past week 62.7 (173) 3.68 2.34 173
Suicide Attempts
 Lifetime 39.9 (110) 3.31 6.03 108
 Past year 33.7 (93) 2.97 6.10 92
 Past month 20.7 (57) 1.63 2.60 57
 Past week 2.5 (7) 1.29 0.49 7
Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
 Lifetime 81.2 (224) 249.92 792.46 213
 Past year 76.3 (203) 119.51 731.65 203
 Past month 62.7 (173) 8.56 12.76 173
 Past week 24.6 (68) 2.47 2.93 68
Major Psychiatric Disorder Categories
 Anxiety Disorder 65.6 (181)
 ADHD 17.0 (47)
 Behavior Disorder 0.7 (2)
 Bipolar Disorder 5.8 (16)
 Depressive Disorder 62.7 (173)
 Eating Disorder 5.1 (14)
 OCD 9.1 (25)
 PTSD 18.1 (50)
 Psychotic Disorder 4.7 (13)
 SUD 7.6 (21)
 Number of major psychiatric disorder categories 1.96 1.15 276
1

Measured with the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview (SITBI).

2

Measured with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-Kid). Anxiety disorder includes any of the following current disorders: panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia, specific phobia, or generalized anxiety disorder; ADHD = Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder includes any of the following current subtypes: combined, inattentive, or hyperactive/impulsive; Behavior Disorder includes current conduct disorder or oppositional defiant disorder; Bipolar Disorder includes current bipolar I or II disorder; Depressive Disorder includes current major depressive disorder or dysthymia; Eating Disorder includes current anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa; OCD = Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; PTSD = Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; SUD = Substance Use Disorder includes current alcohol abuse/dependence or substance (drug) abuse/dependence.

3

Frequency measured in days for suicide ideation and NSSI and episodes for suicide attempts.

4

Number of adolescents reporting frequency data.