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Prevalence and Function of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI)in a Community Sample of Adolescents, Using Suggested DSM-5 Criteria for a Potential NSSI Disorder
Previous prevalence rates of non-suicidal selfinjury (NSSI) in adolescents have varied considerably. In
the present cross-sectional study, prevalence rates, characteristics and functions of NSSI were assessed in a large randomized community sample consisting of 3,060 (50.5 % female) Swedish adolescents aged 15–17 years. The suggested criteria for NSSI disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition,(DSM-5) were used to assess prevalence rates with the aim of arriving at a more precise estimate. Out of the whole sample, 1,088 (35.6 %) adolescents (56.2 % female)reported at least one episode of NSSI during the last year,of which 205 (6.7 %) met suggested DSM-5 criteria for a
potential NSSI disorder diagnosis. The NSSI disorder diagnosis was significantly more common in girls (11.1 % vs.2.3 %, χ2 (1, N=3046) = 94.08, p
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