Science: The body can become addicted-to self-injury

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Azar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Self Injury

scholarly journals Costs of physical health care for self-injuring patients

1997 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 538-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Swinton ◽  
Sarah Smith
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Clinical Problem ◽  
The Body ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Physical Health Care ◽  
Special Hospitals ◽  
Major Clinical Problem

Self-injury is a major clinical problem on the women's wards at Ashworth Hospital. Ashworth Hospital is one of three special hospitals within England and Wales that provides assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for those legally detained patients under the Mental Health Act (1983) who suffer from a mental disorder and require conditions of special security because of their dangerousness. There is extensive literature on the psychological aspects of serf-injury. However, since patients with self-injury present with damage to the body, it is surprising that there is little information on the physical health care and associated resource costs of this behaviour.

scholarly journals Sexual Perversion Leads to Laparotomy

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gastrointestinal Tract ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sexual Pleasure ◽  
Broad Spectrum Antibiotic ◽  
Sexual Perversion ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
The People ◽  
Household Products ◽  
Potential Damage

Insertion of objects/stuff in bodily orifice is not unusual. There are many causes of penetration of bowel with different objects inserted via anus as to achieve sexual pleasure, to satisfy lust, self-injury, malingering and human trafficking is known for centuries. There are different household products used by the people to satisfy their lust/sexual desire but the objects/stuff used for this purpose mainly cylindrical and a type of soft texture. These objects are known for potential damage to gastrointestinal tract but it also affects other parts of the body and may create different inner complications, which needs to be evaluated and managed accordingly. Sometimes, management only requires local intervention, but if complications are build up like perforation develop needs laparotomy, broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy, repair of perforation with or without colostomy.

scholarly journals Identity and Psychopathology: Bridging Developmental and Clinical Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 319-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaux Verschueren ◽  
Laurence Claes ◽  
Amarendra Gandhi ◽  
Koen Luyckx
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Research ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
The Body ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Important Impact ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
Sample Case

Research has demonstrated the important impact of identity on psychosocial functioning in both community and clinical populations. The present article aims to identify different mechanisms through which identity may be related to psychopathology. Emphasis is placed on neo-Eriksonian identity models targeting identity mechanisms both at the structural and process levels. With respect to psychopathology, the present article focuses mainly on disturbed eating behaviors and nonsuicidal self-injury, with both behaviors sharing a focus on the body. Emerging research lines are identified, and recent research is discussed as a sample case of how developmental theorizing on identity can yield insights in the emergence and development of psychopathological behaviors. In integrating these research lines, the present article discusses emerging themes originating from the field and provides important avenues for future research and intervention efforts.

Self-Injuring Body Art

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-170
Author(s):  
Rosemarie Brucher
Keyword(s):  
Vietnam War ◽  
Past Research ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Self ◽  
Body Art ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Art Form ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Will ◽  
Artistic Self

AbstractArtistic self-injury, established as an art form since the late 1960s, polarizes the audience and still raises questions about the motivations behind such actions as well as about the narrative contexts in which they occur. While past research has focused on either specific performers or specific trajectories of violence in the contexts in which each artist was working, for instance, the Vietnam War (Kathy O’Dell), this article localizes artistic self-injury within the larger coherencies of the history of mind with respect to aesthetic theories. Questions of subjectivation and desubjectivation seem especially productive for such a discussion. Read against the backdrop of the aesthetics of the Kantian sublime as a strategy of self-empowerment that sets the independence of the will against the powerlessness of the body, the self-wounding act can also be understood with Georges Bataille as a purposeful desubjectivation, in which the artist strives for a radical disempowerment through pain. A consideration of selected artists sounds out the range between these two theoretical references.

AUTOLESIONES DENOMINADAS CUTTING EN ADOLESCENTES DE AREQUIPA

SCIENTIARVM ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
Francis Wendell Jácobo Valdivia ◽  
◽  
Arlett K. Jácobo Valdivia ◽  
María A. Manrique Aguirre ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The Body ◽  
Behavioral Approach ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Family ◽  
Self Harm

The objective of this research was to analyze the experiences and the subjective world of self-injurious behavior called “Cutting” in adolescents from Arequipa. The sample consisted of 6 male and female adolescents between the ages of 14 and 17. The methodology was approached from a qualitative paradigm, working with the Phenomenological method, which allowed to analyze the experiences, emotions, experiences, feelings, and thoughts of adolescents in front of the "Cutting" through participant observation and in-depth interview. The Research is governed from a Cognitive - Behavioral approach. A structured interview and a sociodemographic record were applied to the adolescents to obtain data. The Results showed in detail the subjective world, experiences, characteristics and phenomena associated with Cutting, showing that adolescents self-harm due to family problems and males to manipulate and attract the attention of the family and partner, the beginning of the behavior Self-harm occurs from the age of 13, with a duration of 1 to 3 years, the behaviors found are impulsivity, aggressiveness, showing emotions of regret, depressed mood, anxious features, at the same time feeling relief and tranquility; the consequences they found are social discrimination, marks and scars on the body, low self-esteem, school absenteeism and poor academic performance. Keywords: Self-injury, Cutting Cognitive Behavioral Approach, Adolescence and self-harm

Adolescents who Engage in Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (NSSI)

2017 ◽  
pp. 398-416
Author(s):  
David Voon ◽  
Penelope Hasking
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Nonsuicidal Self Injury

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) refers to intentional damage to the body without fatal intent. While distal factors such as genetic predisposition, emotional sensitivity, emotional reactivity and invalidating childhood environments may serve as risk factors, NSSI is primarily maintained by alleviation of intense negative emotional states, in the absence of alternative emotion regulation strategies. Currently, no specific NSSI intervention for adolescents exists; however, extant self-harm interventions have demonstrated promising, preliminary findings. Of note, the salient role of emotion regulation in the initiation and maintenance of NSSI suggests this may be a viable treatment target. While empirical evidence supports this in adult samples, replication in large-scale, randomized controlled trials with adolescent samples is required to inform best practice in treating NSSI among adolescents.

Self-Injury and Disordered Eating: Expressing Emotion Dysregulation Through the Body

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 416-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer J. Muehlenkamp ◽  
Christine M. Peat ◽  
Laurence Claes ◽  
Dirk Smits
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Self Injury

Body image and nonsuicidal self-injury: Validation of the Body Investment Scale in participants with eating disorders

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Marco ◽  
M. Cañabate ◽  
J. García-Alandete ◽  
G. Llorca ◽  
M. Real-López ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
The Body ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Nonsuicidal Self Injury

scholarly journals CURRENT CONCEPTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SELF-HARMING BEHAVIOUR

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 116-124
Author(s):  
Sergey Igumnov ◽  
Sergey Davidovsky ◽  
Robert Iskandarov ◽  
Olga Iskandarova
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
The Body ◽  
Stressful Event ◽  
Statistical Manual ◽  
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
Dsm Iv

Several biological risk factors for suicidal and self-har­ming behaviour have now been identified. The differen­ces relate to changes in key neurotransmitter systems (serotonergic, polyamine stress response, glutamatergic and GABAergic systems), inflammatory response, astro­glial dysfunction, neuronal plasticity factor, confirming the need to differentiate between those motivated to com­mit suicide and those prone to non-suicidal self-harming behaviour from total suicide attempts. Non-suicidal self-injurious behaviour (self-injurious thoughts and behaviours or non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)) is defined as repeated, deliberate, direct da­mage to the body without suicidal intent, which is not socially acceptable. An integrated theoretical model of NSSI development and support suggests that this type of behaviour functions as a method of regulating emo­tional experience and social interaction when a stressful event occurs. NSSI is currently included in Section 3 of the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Men­tal Disorders, Fifth Edition) and is listed as a condition recommended for further study. The American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Revision (DSM-IV-TR) and the International Classification of Di­seases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) code NSSI as a symptom of borderline personality disorder. Recent studies have shown that 59.6% of individuals with NSSI show signs of substance abuse. There are concerns that rates of suicide and suicidal be­haviour may increase during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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