{"id":2504,"date":"2017-07-11T02:30:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T16:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/?p=2504"},"modified":"2022-03-22T16:36:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T05:36:47","slug":"self-harm-20-years-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/self-harm-20-years-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-harm 20 years on"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2504\" class=\"elementor elementor-2504\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58b6c2e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58b6c2e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-190d7a4d\" data-id=\"190d7a4d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-514870e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"514870e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008294;\">Twenty-year outcomes in adolescents who self-harm\u00a0show worrying levels of substance abuse<\/span><\/h1><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lauralewis23\/7515771442\/in\/photostream\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2505 size-medium\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/7515771442_5bec2aa61b_o-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"7515771442_5bec2aa61b_o\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/7515771442_5bec2aa61b_o-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/7515771442_5bec2aa61b_o-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/7515771442_5bec2aa61b_o-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/7515771442_5bec2aa61b_o-620x930.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>An Australian\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanchi\/article\/PIIS2352-4642(17)30007-X\/fulltext\">study<\/a> by researchers from the Murdoch Children\u2019s Research Institute (MCRI) that followed a sample of almost 2000 Victorian school children from the age of 14 until the age of 35 found that social disadvantage, anxiety, and licit and illicit substance use (in particular cannabis), were all more common in participants who had reported self-harm during adolescence.<\/p><p class=\"alignnone\" title=\"\">The longitudinal study, the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study, was the first in the world to document health-related outcomes in people in their 30s who had self-harmed during their adolescence. Until now, very little has been known about the longer-term health and social outcomes of adolescents who self-harm.<\/p><p>Published in the brand new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanchi\/article\/PIIS2352-4642(17)30007-X\/fulltext\">Lancet Child and Adolescent Health journal<\/a>, the study found the following common elements:<\/p><ul><li>People who self-harmed as teenagers were more than twice as likely to be weekly cannabis users at age 35<\/li><li>Anxiety, drug use, and social disadvantage were more common at age 35 among participants who had self-harmed during their teenage years. While most of these associations can be explained by things like mental health problems during adolescence and substance use during adolescence, adolescent self-harm was strongly and independently associated with using cannabis on a weekly basis at age 35 years<\/li><li>Self-harm during the adolescent years is a marker for distress and not just a \u2018passing phase\u2019<\/li><\/ul><p>The findings suggest that adolescents who self-harm are more likely to experience a wide range of psychosocial problems later in life, said the study\u2019s lead author, Dr Rohan Borschmann from MCRI.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cannabisculture\/15582255270\/in\/photolist-pJX8BC-p5uQQA-p5xDNP-q2hi9e-q2qjzb-bkrPFm-pJX8im-s6YArz-pJX8uJ-q27JD8-pJVhZr-p5xDjT-q27JNr-pJRPLX-sm9gaw-q2qjGf-U2LiuJ-sorgq4-Ej3f2T-Gpemb3-G2pWtY-G2pWFw-G2pWxf-FSTVNy-Grwxzt-Gpen7m-Grwx1n-GkFTSX-GkFSkt-Grwxsz-pJVirP-ejPqQL-s6RFQA-pZbP2W-p5uRdE-pZbPmo-sogium-s6S1bJ-soghhb-q2hisF-pJTX23-pJTWPQ-sor6u2-s6QgNY-sor21H-q2qjtu-s6Qr6A-pJX8Cj-sooN3D-sorfnT\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2511 size-medium\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15582255270_eb0ff87cb4_o-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"15582255270_eb0ff87cb4_o\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15582255270_eb0ff87cb4_o-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15582255270_eb0ff87cb4_o-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15582255270_eb0ff87cb4_o-620x421.jpg 620w, https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/15582255270_eb0ff87cb4_o.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u201cAdolescent self-harm should be viewed as a conspicuous marker of emotional and behavioural problems that are associated with poor life outcomes,\u201d Dr Borschmann said.<\/p><p>The study found that anxiety, drug use, and social disadvantage were more common at age 35 among participants who had self-harmed during their teenage years.<\/p><p>\u201cWhile most of this can be explained partly by things like mental health during adolescence and substance use during adolescence, adolescent self-harm was strongly and independently associated with using cannabis on a weekly basis at age 35 years,\u201d Dr Borschmann said.<\/p><p>Interventions during adolescence which address multiple risk-taking behaviours are likely to be more successful in helping this vulnerable group adjust to adult life.<\/p><p>Coherent policy approaches need to be implemented that focus on reducing the prevalence of common underlying population-based risk factors (eg harmful alcohol consumption and antisocial behaviour) and, to maximise the effectiveness of such policies, a response from multiple sectors, including the education, health, and community sectors, is required.<\/p><hr \/><p>Lancet Commission Chair, <a href=\"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/about-the-commission\/commissioners\/george-patton\/\">Prof George Patton <\/a>is the principle investigator and data custodian of the Victoria Health Cohort Study. Dr Rohan Borschmann (Centre for Adolescent Health, MCRI, Melbourne) led the writing of the paper and Denise Becker, Carolyn Coffey, Elizabeth Spry, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Paul Moran, Prof George Patton all contributed to the writing of the paper.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Australian study reveals the twenty-year outcomes of adolescents who self-harmed, show worrying levels of substance abuse by age 35.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5902,"href":"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504\/revisions\/5902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}