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

Beyond randomized controlled trials in attempted suicide research.

30 Jul 2009 There is a lack of evidence about what is the best treatment for people who present to hospital after self harm. Most treatment trials have been small and involved unrepresentative groups of patients which result in inconclusive findings. Here we ... Read more...

Update on pathological skin picking.

30 Jul 2009 Pathological skin picking (PSP) is a disabling disorder characterized by repetitive picking of the skin that causes tissue damage. Estimated to affect 2% to 5.4% of the population, PSP is currently listed as an impulse control disorder not otherwise ... Read more...

Treatment of a patient with traumatic brain injury-related severe self-injurious behavior.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: Report a case of severe self-injurious behavior (SIB), paying special attention to treatment. DESIGN: Case report. PARTICIPANT: A 26-year-old woman (H.S.) 8 years post-traumatic brain injury with a history of severe SIB. METHODS: H.S. was ... Read more...

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

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Beyond randomized controlled trials in attempted suicide research. 30 Jul 2009
• Update on pathological skin picking. 30 Jul 2009
• Treatment of a patient with traumatic brain injury-related severe self-injurious behavior. 29 Jun 2009
• Complex trauma, impact on development and possible solutions on an adolescent intensive care unit. 29 Jun 2009
• Art psychotherapy in a consumer diagnosed with borderline personality disorder: a case study. 30 May 2009
• Seizing the day. 30 May 2009
• Group therapy for repeated deliberate self-harm in adolescents: failure of replication of a randomized trial. 30 May 2009
• Analysis of accident and emergency doctors' responses to treating people who self-harm. 30 May 2009
• Childhood sexual abuse differentially predicts outcome of cognitive-behavioral therapy for deliberate self-harm. 30 May 2009
• Early intervention for adolescents with borderline personality disorder: quasi-experimental comparison with treatment as usual. 29 Apr 2009
• [Psychiatric treatment of deliberate self-harm in the out-of-hours services] 28 Apr 2009
• [Self-harm and eating disorders] 28 Apr 2009
• [Injuring own body] 14 Apr 2009
• [Self-harm - what approach should we take?] 14 Apr 2009
• [What is self-harm?] 14 Apr 2009
• Institutional responses to self-injurious behavior among inmates. 30 Mar 2009
• Therapeutic limits from an attachment perspective. 30 Mar 2009
• The Palestinian/Israeli Conflict: a geopolitical identity disorder. 27 Feb 2009
• Trichotillomania: neurobiology and treatment. 18 Feb 2009
• Case report of self-injurious behaviour (SIB) presenting as gingivitis artefacta major. 12 Feb 2009

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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