Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2018

Published In

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Keywords

Non-suicidal self-injury, Deliberate self-harm, Suicide, Psychopathology

Abstract

This study examined whether atypical/severe nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI; e.g., foreign body ingestion, cutting necessitating sutures) serves as a marker of severe psychopathology among 467 adult community mental health clients (n = 33 with an atypical/severe NSSI history). Information regarding psychiatric risk indicators was extracted from participants’ psychiatric records. Generalized linear models with negative binomial distribution and log link function, as well as chi-square tests, were used to address study aims. Clients with a lifetime atypical/severe NSSI history met criteria for a significantly greater number of psychiatric risk indicators than clients with a lifetime history of common NSSI only; however, these clients were not significantly more likely to report recent suicidal actions. Individuals with an atypical/severe NSSI history may demonstrate more severe psychopathology than those with a history of common NSSI only. Thus, it may be clinically useful to consider individuals with an atypical/severe NSSI history as a high-risk subgroup.

Grant Information

This research was supported in part by a grant from the Military Suicide Research Consortium, an effort supported by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs under Award No. (W81XWH-10-2-0181; W81XWH-16- 2-0003). Opinions, interpretations, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Military Suicide Research Consortium or the Department of Defense (Washington, DC, United States).

DOI

10.1097/NMD.0000000000000865

Comments

This copy is the final peer-reviewed manuscript version. The final publication is available at https://journals.lww.com/jonmd/toc/2018/08000.

Rights

© Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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