Rapid national increases in the hospitalisation of Australian youth due to intentional self-harm between 2008 and 2019.
Sven K DelaneyStephen AllisonJeffrey C L LooiNiranjan BidargaddiTarun BastiampillaiPublished in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2021)
Rates of hospitalisation due to intentional self-harm in Australian youth have increased despite significant investment in youth mental health services. This result could be attributable to several sociocultural factors and suggests a critical need for more hospital-based emergency youth mental health services.