Citation

Saxe GN, Chawla N, Van der Kolk B. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2002; 32(3): 313-320.

Affiliation

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, MA, USA. glenn.saxe@bmc.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12374476

Abstract

Highrates of self-injury have been reported in patients with dissociative disorders, yet no prior study has directly compared these patients with other psychiatric patients. The present study assesses self-destructive behavior in a group of inpatients who have dissociative disorders compared to those who report few dissociative symptoms. These patients more frequently engage in self-destructive behaviors, use more methods of self-injury, and begin to injure themselves at an earlier age then patients who do not dissociate. Results have important implications for understanding the relationship between dissociation, childhood trauma, and self-injury and for assessment and treatment of patients with dissociative disorders.