Rapid national increases in the hospitalisation of Australian youth due to intentional self-harm between 2008 and 2019

Delaney, Sven K; Allison, Stephen; Looi, Jeffrey CL; Bidargaddi, Niranjan; Bastiampillai, Tarun

doi:10.1177/10398562211047919

Rapid national increases in the hospitalisation of Australian youth due to intentional self-harm between 2008 and 2019

Objective Australian youth mental health services have received significant funding over the past 15 years. We analysed data on hospitalisation due to intentional self-harm to determine whether increased youth services were associated with reduction in a key indicator of youth population mental h…