Self-Injurious Behavior - Etiology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Persistent challenging behaviour in people with an intellectual disability.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of the present review is to summarize recent research findings on the persistence of challenging behaviours in adults and children with an intellectual disability. RECENT FINDINGS: Studies varied in their definition and ... Read more...

[Self-harm in children and adolescents]

8 Aug 2009 The present paper is a review of recent research on the prevalence of deliberate self-harm (DSH) in a non-clinical background population of adolescents during the period 2002-2008. Cutting and overdosing are the most common methods used, and the ... Read more...

Attempted suicide in the elderly in England: age-associated rates, time trends and methods.

2 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Critical study of attempted suicides may allow greater understanding of completed suicides because of the considerable overlap between attempted and completed suicides in the elderly. METHODS: Age-associated rates (60-74 years versus 75+ ... Read more...

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

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Persistent challenging behaviour in people with an intellectual disability. 30 Aug 2009
• [Self-harm in children and adolescents] 8 Aug 2009
• Potential limitations in generalizing findings from the TORDIA study. 30 Jul 2009
• [Scratching until the doctor comes] 16 Jun 2009
• Attempted suicide in the elderly in England: age-associated rates, time trends and methods. 2 Jun 2009
• [Self-harm and personality disorders] 28 Apr 2009
• Institutional responses to self-injurious behavior among inmates. 30 Mar 2009
• Oral self-injurious behaviors in patients with developmental disabilities. 30 Mar 2009
• The Palestinian/Israeli Conflict: a geopolitical identity disorder. 27 Feb 2009
• TPH2 -703G/T SNP may have important effect on susceptibility to suicidal behavior in major depression. 30 Dec 2008
• Suicidal ideation and varenicline: a possible case of mistaken adverse drug reaction? 30 Oct 2008
• Public stigma in health and non-healthcare students: attributions, emotions and willingness to help with adolescent self-harm. 26 Oct 2008
• Help-seeking before and after episodes of self-harm: a descriptive study in school pupils in England. 22 Oct 2008
• Behavioral change in patients with severe self-injurious behavior: a patient's perspective. 13 Oct 2008
• Behavioral assessment and treatment of self-injurious behavior in autism. 29 Sep 2008
• Clinical observation of self-injurious behavior correlated with changes in scalp morphology in a child with congenital hydrocephalus. 30 Aug 2008
• Self-inflicted burn injuries in southwest Iran. 30 Aug 2008
• Self-injurious behavior and tuberous sclerosis complex: frequency and possible associations in a population of 257 patients. 28 Aug 2008
• Principal components analysis of a large cohort with Tourette syndrome. 29 Jun 2008
• A literature review of deliberate self-harm. 29 Jun 2008

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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