Clinical specificity of acute versus chronic self-injury: Measurement and evaluation of repetitive non-suicidal self-injury

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 111-119

  Manca, Maura ^a   Presaghi, Fabio ^a   Cerutti, Rita ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; DSM 5; Occasional non suicidal self injury; Repetitive non suicidal self injury; Stressful life event; Suicidal ideation; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ACUTE SELF INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BODY INVESTMENT SCALE; CHRONIC SELF INJURY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIBERATE SELF HARM INVENTORY; DSM-5; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LIFE STRESSOR CHECKLIST REVISED; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OCCASIONAL NON SUICIDAL SELF INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPETITIVE NON SUICIDAL SELF INJURY; REPETITIVE NON SUICIDAL SELF INJURY QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE BEHAVIORS QUESTIONNAIRE REVISED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENTS; DSM-5; OCCASIONAL NON-SUICIDAL SELF-INJURY; REPETITIVE NON-SUICIDAL SELF-INJURY; STRESSFUL LIFE EVENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892862304     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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