Is age of self-harm onset associated with increased frequency of non-suicidal self-injury and suicide attempts in adolescent outpatients?

Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of adolescents with repetitive self-harm (N = 103)

	Number	Percent
Gender (females)	89	86.4
Age in years, (mean, SD) (15.9, 1.47)
Born in Norway	87	84.5
One or both parents born in foreign countries^c	43	41.7
Living with - both parents	39	37.9
- alternating between parents	15	14.6
- single parent	34	33.0
Current DSM-5 diagnosis^a
Mood Disorder, any	87	84.5
Psychotic Disorder, any	13	12.6
Anxiety Disorder, any	76	73.8
Eating Disorder, any	18	17.5
Substance-Use Disorder, any	10	9.7
ADHD, any	24	23.3
Borderline Personality Disorder	29	28.2
Other diagnosis^b	27	26.2

^a Not mutually exclusive categories
^b Conduct disorder, Oppositional defiant disorder, Unspecified disruptive behaviour disorder, Chronic motor or Vocal tic disorder, Autism spectrum disorder, Adjustment disorder. ADHD = Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
^cOne or both parents born in Afrika (3.9%); Asia (15.5%) South/Central-America (9.7%); Eastern/Southern-Europe (6.8%); Northern-Europe (5.8%/)

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