20.500.12556/DiRROS-27774 Influences on and prevention of self-harm behavior among the most at-risk adolescents study protocol for the SH-MARA prospective longitudinal cohort study Background Both suicidal and non-suicidal self-injuring behaviors (NSSI) are common during adolescence In Slovenia, adolescent suicide rates are high, making suicide the leading cause of death in the year 2022 in this age group. These behaviors are influenced by a complex interplay of environmental, psychological, and genetic factors. Previous research has identified risk and protective factors mainly for suicidal behavior in adults, a notable gap in understanding these factors in adolescents remains, especially for NSSI. Notably there is an important lack of effective clinical tools or psychometric assessment methods to reliably assess the risk for either suicidal or NSSI behaviors in acutely hospitalized adolescents. Methods and analysis The proposed study uses a mixed-method observational design consisting of a prospective longitudinal cohort component involving adolescents hospitalized for high risk of DSH, and a cross-sectional comparison with a control group of healthy adolescents recruited from primary care settings. It is aimed at identifying genetic, psychosocial, and clinical factors associated with suicidal behaviors and NSSI in adolescents. The study group is recruited from adolescents aged 12–19, admitted to the Intensive Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit in Ljubljana due to severe self-harm risk. Exclusion criteria include involuntary treatment, acute psychotic disorders, intellectual disability, severe physical or central nervous system illnesses and acute intoxication. The control group comprises adolescents of comparable age, recruited through regular scheduled health check-ups in Slovenia. Exclusion criteria include suicidality, severe mental disorder, a history of self-harm behavior in a first-degree relative, intellectual disability, severe physical or central nervous system illnesses and acute intoxication. Enrollment runs from February 1, 2023, to December 31, 2025. Participation is voluntary, requiring parental or guardian consent for those 14 or younger adolescents deliberate self-harm non-suicidal self-injury suicidal behavior intensive psychiatry personality disorder traumatic experience genetics epigenetics samomori mladostniki genetika epigenetika true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-02-24 14:09:34 2026-02-24 14:09:34 2026-02-25 03:50:49 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Soavtorji: Petra Tomažič, Anja Tomašević Kramer, Barbara Plemeniti Tololeski, Gorjan Tasevski, Žiga Rosenstein, Simona Klemenčič, Tadej Battelino, Blaž Vrhovšek, Tadej Lahovnik, Jernej Kovač, Carla Sharp, Barbara Jenko Bizjan, Sašo Karakatič & Maja Drobnič Radobuljac; Opis vira z dne 17. 10. 2025; 8 str. [article no.] 943 Vol. 25 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 615.89 1471-244X 10.1186/s12888-025-07298-x 253567491 RAZ_Sernec_Podnar_Lana_2025.pdf RAZ_Sernec_Podnar_Lana_2025.pdf 1 D89DA9E7E6ECDFF51F0C3539C249D44A 05b9e853d26542e0acf566faa7cec24cdd3eea1b920383feb8b1106497450d3e 3d82b867-1182-11f1-9cb0-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=40827 https://dk.um.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=95735 1 13f34e0c-1182-11f1-9cb0-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=40826 Univerzitetni klinični center Ljubljana 0 0 0