Behavioral Contagion Reconsidered: Self-Harm Among Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients: A Five-Year Study

作者: D Somers , T Wilkes , D Cawthorpe , M Phil

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摘要: OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine the occurrence behavioral contagion among inpatient adolescent psychiatric patients in terms past self-harm related behaviors. Our goal isolate persistent behavior from that could be considered truly contagious. METHOD: We employed 5 years retrospective cohort design order compare as inpatients those with and without histories behavior. RESULTS: results indicate spontaneous a history is very low. While there appears group exhibits inpatients, tendency more towards reduction intensity or cessation self-harming CONCLUSIONS: Contagious does not appear problem long stays on treatment units. overall patients, especially away Language: en

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