Adolescent self-harm: think before prescribing

The assessment of self-harm in adolescence should include identifying medical complications and any underlying psychiatric conditions Changes in the frequency, type, and severity of self-harm can signify increasing suicidality and progression towards lethal action. As 30% of adolescent self-harm inv...

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Autores principales: King, Joel, Cabarkapa, Sonja, Leow, Fiona
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: NPS MedicineWise 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6594847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31363306
http://dx.doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2019.023
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description The assessment of self-harm in adolescence should include identifying medical complications and any underlying psychiatric conditions Changes in the frequency, type, and severity of self-harm can signify increasing suicidality and progression towards lethal action. As 30% of adolescent self-harm involves an overdose of prescription drugs, prescribing limited quantities and having the parents hold the supply can decrease this risk Individual psychological therapies are first line. They can be combined with school and parental involvement There is very little evidence supporting the use of psychotropic drugs for treating adolescent self-harm
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spelling pubmed-65948472019-07-30 Adolescent self-harm: think before prescribing King, Joel Cabarkapa, Sonja Leow, Fiona Aust Prescr Article The assessment of self-harm in adolescence should include identifying medical complications and any underlying psychiatric conditions Changes in the frequency, type, and severity of self-harm can signify increasing suicidality and progression towards lethal action. As 30% of adolescent self-harm involves an overdose of prescription drugs, prescribing limited quantities and having the parents hold the supply can decrease this risk Individual psychological therapies are first line. They can be combined with school and parental involvement There is very little evidence supporting the use of psychotropic drugs for treating adolescent self-harm NPS MedicineWise 2019-06-03 2019-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6594847/ /pubmed/31363306 http://dx.doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2019.023 Text en (c) NPS MedicineWise 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 License.
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