Analgesia during self‐cutting: Clinical implications and the association with suicidal ideation

• Published in: Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences Vol. 62; no. 3; pp. 355 - 358
• Main Authors: Matsumoto, Toshihiko, Imamura, Fumi, Chiba, Yasuhiko, Katsumata, Yotaro, Kitani, Masahiko, Takeshima, Tadashi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.06.2008; Blackwell Publishing
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; analgesia; Biological and medical sciences; correctional institute; dissociation; Female; Humans; Japan; Juvenile Delinquency - psychology; Male; Medical sciences; Odds Ratio; Pain Threshold; Prisoners - psychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Risk Assessment - statistics & numerical data; Self-Injurious Behavior - psychology; self‐cutting; Sex Factors; suicidal ideation; Suicide; Suicide, Attempted - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Japan; Analgesia; Treatment; suicidal ideation; self-cutting; Dissociation; Self; Suicide ideation; correctional institute
• ISSN: 1323-1316; 1440-1819
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01805.x

The present study examined the association of suicidal ideation in self‐cutters with clinical features of self‐cutting, using a sample of subjects from juvenile correctional institutions. Multivariate analysis revealed that male self‐cutters and analgesia during self‐cutting were significantly associated with a history of suicidal ideation. These results suggest that male analgesic self‐cutters should be regarded as a high‐risk subgroup for suicide.