- Oxford Library of Psychology
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- Acknowledgments
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Integrative Perspectives on Behavioral Emergencies and Crises
- Training for Decision Making under the Stress of Emergency Conditions
- The Evaluation and Management of Suicide Risk in Adolescents in the Context of Interpersonal Violence
- Evaluating Violence Risk in Children and Adolescents
- Children as Victims: Preventing and Reporting Child Maltreatment and Abuse
- Bullying and Peer Aggression in Children and Adolescents: Implications for Suicide Management
- Targeted Violence in Schools
- Evaluating and Managing Suicide Risk with the Adult Patient
- Evaluating and Managing the Risk of Violence in Clinical Practice with Adults
- Victims of Violence: Evaluation and Management
- Evaluating and Managing Suicide Risk in Veterans
- Assessing Acute Risk of Violence in Military Veterans
- Intimate Partner Violence: Evaluation of Victims and Perpetrators
- Homicide-Suicide
- Victims of Sexual Assault: Evaluation and Management
- Abuse of Persons with Disabilities: Prevention and Reporting
- Decision Support Tools in the Evaluation of Risk for Violence
- Interventions for Acute Agitation
- The Neurobiology of Suicide and Implications for Treatment and Prevention
- Neurobiology of Impulsive Aggression
- Working Sensitively and Effectively to Reduce Suicide Risk Among Older Adults: A Humanistic Approach
- Aggression and Violence in the Elderly
- Elder Abuse: Prevention and Reporting
- Medical Illness, Suicide, and Assisted Death
- Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Its Relation to Suicidal Behavior
- Neurological Disorders and Symptoms Associated with Psychological/Behavioral Problems
- Endocrine Disorders Associated with Psychological/Behavioral Problems
- The Psychopharmacological Treatment of Individuals at Risk of Recurrent Suicidal Behavior
- Interventions for the Reduction of Violence by Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses
- The Psychological Treatment of Victims of Interpersonal Violence
- Legal and Ethical Risk Management with Behavioral Emergencies
- The Duty to Protect
- When Negative Events Happen: Dealing with the Stress
- Future Directions and Conclusion
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is the direct and intentional destruction of one’s own body tissue in the absence of suicidal intent. Although NSSI itself is explicitly nonsuicidal, nearly half of individuals who engage in NSSI also engage in suicidal behavior, and nearly all individuals who engage in suicidal behavior also engage in NSSI. Moreover, recent studies suggest that NSSI is one of the strongest known predictors of future suicide attempts, even exceeding the predictive power of prior suicide attempts in some instances. In this chapter we review the basic features and correlates of NSSI, evaluate the evidence for traditional models of NSSI, and discuss how an emerging model of NSSI may provide insight into the strong association between NSSI and suicidal behavior. We conclude by recommending how to evaluate when NSSI is a behavioral emergency and by noting the most crucial future directions for research on this topic.
Keywords: nonsuicidal self-injury, NSSI, suicide, Behavioral emergency, Predictors, NSSI models
Joseph C. Franklin, Department of Psychology, Harvard University
Matthew K. Nock, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Laboratory for Clinical and Developmental Research in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University.
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- Acknowledgments
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Integrative Perspectives on Behavioral Emergencies and Crises
- Training for Decision Making under the Stress of Emergency Conditions
- The Evaluation and Management of Suicide Risk in Adolescents in the Context of Interpersonal Violence
- Evaluating Violence Risk in Children and Adolescents
- Children as Victims: Preventing and Reporting Child Maltreatment and Abuse
- Bullying and Peer Aggression in Children and Adolescents: Implications for Suicide Management
- Targeted Violence in Schools
- Evaluating and Managing Suicide Risk with the Adult Patient
- Evaluating and Managing the Risk of Violence in Clinical Practice with Adults
- Victims of Violence: Evaluation and Management
- Evaluating and Managing Suicide Risk in Veterans
- Assessing Acute Risk of Violence in Military Veterans
- Intimate Partner Violence: Evaluation of Victims and Perpetrators
- Homicide-Suicide
- Victims of Sexual Assault: Evaluation and Management
- Abuse of Persons with Disabilities: Prevention and Reporting
- Decision Support Tools in the Evaluation of Risk for Violence
- Interventions for Acute Agitation
- The Neurobiology of Suicide and Implications for Treatment and Prevention
- Neurobiology of Impulsive Aggression
- Working Sensitively and Effectively to Reduce Suicide Risk Among Older Adults: A Humanistic Approach
- Aggression and Violence in the Elderly
- Elder Abuse: Prevention and Reporting
- Medical Illness, Suicide, and Assisted Death
- Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Its Relation to Suicidal Behavior
- Neurological Disorders and Symptoms Associated with Psychological/Behavioral Problems
- Endocrine Disorders Associated with Psychological/Behavioral Problems
- The Psychopharmacological Treatment of Individuals at Risk of Recurrent Suicidal Behavior
- Interventions for the Reduction of Violence by Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses
- The Psychological Treatment of Victims of Interpersonal Violence
- Legal and Ethical Risk Management with Behavioral Emergencies
- The Duty to Protect
- When Negative Events Happen: Dealing with the Stress
- Future Directions and Conclusion
- Index
