Table 1 Example search strategy for MEDLINE

1

((self or themsel$ or onesel$) adj2 (harm$ or cut$ or immolat$ or inflict$ or injur$ or mutilat$ or poison$ or damag$ or destruct$)).ti,ab.

2

overdos$.ti,ab.

3

Self-Injurious Behavior/

4

Self-Injurious Behavio?r.ti,ab.

5

Self Mutilation/

6

Suicide/

7

Suicide, Attempted/

8

Suicidal Ideation/

9

(suicid$ not (assisted adj suicide$)).ti,ab.

10

((auto adj (aggress$ or mutilat$)) or (autoaggress$ or automutilat$)).ti,ab.

11

(parasuicid$ or para-suicid$).ti,ab.

12

1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11

13

Suicide, Assisted/

14

12 not 13

15

Risk Factors/

16

Risk/

17

(risk or predict$ or prognos$ or assess$).ti,ab.

18

15 or 16 or 17

19

exp psychiatric status rating scales/

20

severity of illness index/

21

exp personality assessment/

22

(inventor$ or checklist$ or scale$ or rating or model$ or tool$ or rule or questionnaire$ or index$ or indices).ti,ab.

23

19 or 20 or 21 or 22

24

18 and 23

25

“adolescen$”.ti,ab.

26

Adolescent/

27

Young Adult/

28

Child/

29

25 or 26 or 27 or 28

30

14 and 24 and 29