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Children and adolescents who try to harm, hurt or kill themselves: a report of further analysis from the national survey of mental health of children and adolescents in Greta Britain in 1999
- Authors:
- MELTZER Howard, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Newport
The main aim of this report is to present prevalence rates of self-harm among children and adolescents aged 5-15 in England, Scotland and Wales during the first half of 1999. The way the questions were phrased means that it is difficult to distinguish between self-harm with the intention of committing suicide and self-harm without that intention, i.e. self-mutilation. Therefore, most of the analysis in this report is presented by source and covers any attempt by children to harm, hurt or kill themselves. Information was collected on 83% of the 12,529 children eligible for interview from up to three sources resulting in at least some data for 10,438 children and adolescents aged 5-15 in Great Britain. According to parents, approximately 1.3% of 5-10 year olds had ever tried to harm, hurt or kill themselves. The lowest rate, 0.4% was found among 5-7 year old girls rising to 2.1% of 8-10 year old boys.The rate of self harm among the sample of young children with no mental disorder was 0.8%. The rate increased dramatically to 6.2% of children diagnosed as having an anxiety disorder and 7.5% of those who had a conduct disorder, hyperkinetic disorder or a less common mental disorder.
Persistence, onset, risk factors and outcomes of childhood mental disorders: report based on the analysis of a three-year follow-up survey of the 1999 national survey of the mental health of children and adolescents in Great Britain
- Authors:
- MELTZER Howard, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for National Statistics,|Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 252p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents data from a three-year follow-up study of the mental health of children and adolescents in Great Britain. The original survey took place in 1999. The overall aim of the follow up survey was to analyse the longitudinal data in order to: present rates of the persistence and onset of each main category of disorder; identify the risk factors associated with persistence and onset; examine the use of services of those with childhood mental disorders; and highlight the educational profile of children with mental disorders. Risk factors for the persistence and onset of mental disorders covered in this report include: factors associated with the child (sex, age, ethnicity, physical illness, special educational needs); family characteristics (marital status, mother’s educational attainment); household characteristics (type of accommodation, tenure, family employment, gross household income); social factors (mother’s mental health, family discord, stressful life events); and punishment regime (whether the child is sent to room, grounded or shouted at).