The lancet. Psychiatry
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The lancet. Psychiatry · Sep 2015
Risk of depression and self-harm in teenagers identifying with goth subculture: a longitudinal cohort study.
Previous research has suggested that deliberate self-harm is associated with contemporary goth subculture in young people; however, whether this association is confounded by characteristics of young people, their families, and their circumstances is unclear. We aimed to test whether self-identification as a goth is prospectively associated with emergence of clinical depression and self-harm in early adulthood. ⋯ Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council Programme.