Citation

Lewis SP, Hasking PA. Psychiatr. Serv. 2019; ePub(ePub): appips201800488.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (Lewis); Department of Psychology, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Hasking).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

10.1176/appi.ps.201800488

PMID

31337319

Abstract

Worldwide, nonsuicidal self-injury has emerged as a paramount concern given its associations with psychiatric difficulties and suicide risk. Despite many gains in the understanding of self-injury, there remain numerous unanswered questions in the field, including how to enhance both treatment and service provision. With this in mind, this Open Forum represents a call to action, advocating and providing strategies for inclusion of people with lived experience in self-injury research. An inclusive approach to self-injury research can yield greater understanding about how to best serve the needs of those who self-injure and others who are affected by self-injury.

Language: en

Keywords

non-suicidal self-injury; self-harm; self-injury