An Initial Investigation of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury among Male and Female Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines non-suicidal self-directed violence (commonly referred to as nonsuicidal self-injury [NSSI]) as a “behavior that is self-directed and deliberately results in injury or the potential for injury to oneself” (p. 21; Crosby et al., 2011). Additionally, there must be “no evidence, whether implicit or explicit, of suicidal intent” (p. 21). Similarly, the International Society for the Study o f Self-Injury (ISSS) defines NSSI as “the deliberate, self-inflicted destruction of body tissue without suicidal intent and for purposes not socially sanctioned” (ISSS, 2007).

Source: Psychiatry Research - July 27, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ryan Holliday, Noelle B. Smith, Lindsey L. Monteith Source Type: research