Self-Injurious Behavior - Classification
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Self-injurious behaviour in Cornelia de Lange syndrome: 2. Association with environmental events.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Self-injurious behaviour is commonly seen in Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS). However, there has been limited research into the aetiology of self-injury in CdLS and whether environmental factors influence the behaviour. METHODS: We ... Read more...

Identifying deliberate self-harm in emergency department data.

30 May 2009 BACKGROUND: Emergency department data offer more representative deliberate self-harm (DSH) information than inpatient admission data. However, emergency department data may underestimate DSH if some records coded "undetermined" (UD) represent DSH. ... Read more...

A new diagnostic tool for the classification of patients with self-inflicted burns (SIB): the SIB-Typology and its implications for clinical practice.

18 Mar 2009 Although self-inflicted burns comprise a rather small percentage of patients treated in burn units, they represent a challenging subgroup for the specialist team. According to the literature, these patients, often with a past psychiatric history, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Self-Injurious Behavior - Classification'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Self-injurious behaviour in Cornelia de Lange syndrome: 2. Association with environmental events. 29 Jun 2009
• Identifying deliberate self-harm in emergency department data. 30 May 2009
• A new diagnostic tool for the classification of patients with self-inflicted burns (SIB): the SIB-Typology and its implications for clinical practice. 18 Mar 2009
• Deliberate self-harm in adolescents: comparison between those who receive help following self-harm and those who do not. 20 Nov 2008
• Variation in nonsuicidal self-injury: identification and features of latent classes in a college population of emerging adults. 29 Sep 2008
• Identifying clinically distinct subgroups of self-injurers among young adults: a latent class analysis. 30 Jan 2008
• Mortality risk and length of stay associated with self-inflicted burn injury: evidence from a national sample of 30,382 adult patients. 30 Dec 2007
• Trichotillomania, stereotypic movement disorder, and related disorders. 30 Jul 2007
• Electronic injury surveillance in Perth emergency departments: validity of the data. 30 Jul 2007
• Self-manslaughter and the forensic classification of self-inflicted death. 27 Feb 2007
• 'Autotomy': a terminological inexactitude. 9 Dec 2006
• Classifying undetermined poisoning deaths. 29 Sep 2006
• Is the appendix a useful appendage? An empirical examination of depressive, passive-aggressive (negativistic), sadistic, and self-defeating personality disorders. 29 Sep 2006
• Healing children. 29 Sep 2005
• Deliberate self harm. 30 Dec 2004
• Quantifying temporal distributions of self-injurious behavior: defining bouts versus discrete events. 30 Dec 2003
• Admissions to hospital for deliberate self-harm in England 1995-2000: an analysis of hospital episode statistics. 30 Aug 2002
• Types of nursing home residents with self-destructive behaviours: analysis of the Harmful Behaviours Scale. 29 Jun 2002
• Trichotillomania and skin-picking: a phenomenological comparison. 30 Dec 2001
• The Skin Picking Scale: scale construction and psychometric analyses. 30 May 2001

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Technical information about 'Self-Injurious Behavior'

Definition: Behavior in which persons hurt or harm themselves without the motive of suicide or of sexual deviation.

Descriptor UI: D016728

Alternative terms: Self-Injurious Behavior; Behavior, Self-Injurious; Self Injurious Behavior; Deliberate Self-Harm; Deliberate Self Harm; Self-Harm, Deliberate; Self-Destructive Behavior; Behavior, Self-Destructive; Self Destructive Behavior; Parasuicide;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F01.145.126.980;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: SELF MUTILATION is also available; DF: SELF INJ BEHAVIOR