TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - From psychiatric symptom to diagnostic category: Self-harm from the Victorians to DSM-5
JO  - History of psychiatry
A1  - Gilman, Sander L.
SP  - 148
EP  - 165
VL  - 24
IS  - 2
N2  - It is rare that a symptom becomes a disease entity. 'Self-harm' is now a full-fledged diagnostic category for DSM-5. The existing literature of the topic posits that it is a trans-historical 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. But how old is self-harm and indeed what defines 'self-harm' historically and culturally?<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0957-154X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957154X13478082
ID  - ref1
ER  -