Assessment of the frequency criterion for the diagnosis of non-suicidal self-injury disorder in female adolescents with conduct disorder

Initially, non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) has been operationalized only as one of borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms. However, a growing body of studies has clearly demonstrated that self-injury behaviours can be found not only in psychiatric patients without BPD diagnosis but also in individuals without any psychiatric disorder (Andover et  al., 2005; Klonsky et al., 2003; Nock et al., 2006; Wilkinson, 2013). As a consequence of these findings, NSSI has been proposed as a separate diagnosis – non-suicidal self-injury disorder (NSSID) and added to the section: “Conditions for Further Study” in the DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).

Source: Psychiatry Research - May 23, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Monika Szewczuk-Bogus ławska, Małgorzata Kaczmarek-Fojtar, Ahmed A. Moustafa, Justin Mahlberg, Dorota Frydecka, Anna Oleszkowicz, Olga Bąk, Błażej Misiak Source Type: research