People have been hurting themselves for centuries. By "hurting oneself," I am referring to what psychologists call, Nonsuicidal Self Injury, or NSSI. NSSI is defined as the direct and deliberate ...

Self-Injury is defined as a deliberate, non-suicidal behavior that inflicts physical harm on one's body to relieve emotional distress. This type of self-harming behavior does not involve a conscious ...

Background: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is associated with significant adverse consequences, including increased risk of suicide, and is a growing public health concern. Consequently, facilitating ...

Scars are like corporeal cartography, mapping out the most painful experiences we've survived. But what about scars from cuts intended to cure pain? What tales do they tell? I have a secret history of ...

Prepandemic cortisol response to stress and amygdala emotion-evoked activation predicted persistent teen engagement in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) among teensduring the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...

When someone harms themselves by cutting, burning, punching, or engaging in other forms of self-injury (without intending for death to be an end goal), they’re engaging in what’s known as non-suicidal ...