Citation

Gilman SL. J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 2012; 200(12): 1008-1016.

Affiliation

Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/NMD.0b013e318275acd9

PMID

23183363

Abstract

"Self-harm" is now proposed as a full-fledged diagnostic category for DSM-5. The existing literature of the topic posits that it is a transhistorical psychiatric category and that examples of self-harm can be found from the earliest written records, which is part of the underlying argument for its inclusion in DSM-5. However, how old is self-harm and, indeed, what defines self-harm historically and culturally?

Language: en