1/10北愛爾蘭16歲青少年曾有過自殘念頭

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Almost a third of those questioned in the YLT survey had experienced serious personal, emotional or mental health problems

One in ten 16-year-olds in Northern Ireland who took part in a new study have said they have considered self-harming or taking an overdose.

The annual Young Life and Times (YLT) survey was carried out by Queen's and the University of Ulster.

It also revealed that almost a third of those questioned had experienced serious personal, emotional or mental health problems.

Researchers interviewed 1,367 16-year-olds.

Dr Dirk Schubotz from the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work at Queen's University and YLT director, said: "These findings from the YLT survey show that despite the investment in mental health services in Northern Ireland, compared to five years ago, there has been virtually no change with regard to young people's experiences of stress and mental health problems.

'Self-punishment'

"It is particularly significant to note that still only a small minority of 16-year-olds seek professional help when experiencing serious emotional health problems.

"Although mental health campaigns have for some time attempted to de-stigmatise mental ill-health, by far the most likely reason why young people self-harm remains self-punishment.

"This suggests that young people with mental health problems keep blaming themselves for these, rather than appreciating external stressors such as pressures arising from school work or financial difficulties."

The key findings of the 2013 survey on 16-year-olds' mental health include:

28% of 16-year-olds said that they had experienced serious personal, emotional or mental health problems at some point in the past year.

Just over one third of these respondents had sought professional help for these problems.

13% of respondents said that they had, at some point in the past, seriously thought about taking an overdose or harming themselves, and 6% had thought about this in the past month.

13% of respondents said they had self-harmed - 5% had done so once and 8% more than once. The most likely reason (60%) given by these young people for doing this was that they 'wanted to punish themselves'.

The survey was undertaken by ARK on behalf of the universities.

The research aims to give an insight into the lives of 16-year-olds across Northern Ireland, by addressing a range of key issues.據英國廣播公司（BBC）5月16日報道，在一項名爲“青少年生活與境況”（YLT）的調查中，幾乎三分之一的調查對象曾經歷嚴重的個人、情感或心理問題。

參與此次新調查的北愛爾蘭地區的十六歲青少年中，有十分之一稱曾有過自殘或服食過量藥物的念頭。

每年一次的“青少年生活與境況”調查活動由女王大學和阿爾斯特大學聯合開展。

調查還顯示，幾乎三分之一的被調查者曾經歷過嚴重的個人、情感或心理問題。

研究者此次共調查1367名16歲青少年。

女王大學社會學、社會政策和社會工作學院的舒爾伯茨（Schubotz）博士是YLT的負責人，他說：“此次YLT調查得出的結果顯示，儘管與五年前相比，北愛爾蘭地區心理健康服務投資加大，但考慮到青少年所經歷的壓力和心理健康問題，情況幾乎沒有得到改變。”

自我懲罰

“特別需要注意的是，只有一小部分16歲青少年在經歷嚴重的情感健康問題時會尋求專業性幫助。”

“儘管心理健康活動在一段時間內爲心理不健康除去了污名，但迄今爲止，青少年進行自殘的最可能的原因就是進行自我懲罰。”

“這表明這些有心理問題的青少年一直爲這些事情不斷責怪自己，而不是把問題歸咎到外部壓力源身上，如來自學業和資金困難方面的壓力。”

2013年對16歲青少年心理健康進行的調查的重要發現如下：

28%的16歲青少年稱，在過去一年中的某些時刻，他們經歷過嚴重的個人、情感和心理問題。

而只有略多於三分之一的調查對象在遇到這些問題時尋求過專業性幫助。