Psychiatry and Psychology

Self-Injurious Behavior

Behavior in which persons hurt or harm themselves without the motive of suicide or of sexual deviation.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Behavior in which persons hurt or harm themselves without the motive of suicide or of sexual deviation.

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26 entry terms
  • Deliberate Self-Harm
  • Intentional Self Harm
  • Intentional Self Injury
  • Non-Suicidal Self Injury
  • Nonsuicidal Self Injury
  • Self Harm
  • Self-Destructive Behavior
  • Self-Injury
  • Behavior, Self-Destructive
  • Behavior, Self-Injurious
  • Deliberate Self Harm
  • Harm, Self
  • Intentional Self Injuries
  • Non Suicidal Self Injury
  • Non-Suicidal Self Injuries
  • Nonsuicidal Self Injuries
  • Self Destructive Behavior
  • Self Harm, Intentional
  • Self Injurious Behavior
  • Self Injury
  • Self Injury, Intentional
  • Self Injury, Non-Suicidal
  • Self Injury, Nonsuicidal
  • Self-Destructive Behaviors
  • Self-Harm, Deliberate
  • Self-Injurious Behaviors

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31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

SELF MUTILATION is also available

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History Note

92

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Previous Indexing

  • Self Mutilation (1968-1991)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Self-Injurious Behavior. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016728. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016728
  2. Self-Injurious Behavior. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-harm
  3. Self-Injurious Behavior. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q622527