Publication alert! IALH Research Fellow Brianna Turner has written an article entitled Detecting and managing non-suicidal self-damaging behaviors. The article was published in World Psychiatry .
First paragraph (abstract not available):
Non-suicidal self-damaging behaviors are actions that carry a high potential for physical harm to result, either as a direct and immediate consequence (e.g., self-cutting), or as a stochastic or accumulated consequence of the behavior (e.g., risky substance use; repetitive fasting or self-induced vomiting), but without associated suicidal intent. These behaviors affect around 10% to 30% of people, with substantial associated harms including negative impacts on mental and physical health, poorer educational and occupational outcomes, and excess risk of injury and premature death, including by suicide.
Read the full article at https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.21022