@article{ref1,
title="Nonsuicidal self-injury: diagnostic challenges and current perspectives",
journal="Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment",
year="2020",
author="Hooley, Jill M. and Fox, Kathryn R. and Boccagno, Chelsea",
volume="16",
number="",
pages="101-112",
abstract="Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) involves deliberate and intentional injury to body tissue that occurs in the absence of suicidal intent. Typical examples here might include self-cutting, burning, or self-hitting. Behavior of this kind is fundamentally unsettling as well as perplexing. It is also the case that self-harming behavior of any kind runs counter to a fundamental survival instinct. In the past, behaviors such as these were viewed as self-mutilation and considered to be a form of attenuated suicide. Much has changed over time, culminating in the entry of NSSI Disorder into DSM-5 as a condition in need of further study. In this review we describe the evolution of the NSSI construct and consider current issues in its diagnosis and assessment.<br><br>© 2020 Hooley et al.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1176-6328",
doi="10.2147/NDT.S198806",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S198806"
}