 Self-Injurious Behavior
"Self-Injurious Behavior" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Behavior in which persons hurt or harm themselves without the motive of suicide or of sexual deviation.
| Descriptor ID |
D016728
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.126.980
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| Concept/Terms |
Self-Injurious Behavior- Self-Injurious Behavior
- Behavior, Self-Injurious
- Behaviors, Self-Injurious
- Self Injurious Behavior
- Self-Injurious Behaviors
- Nonsuicidal Self Injury
- Nonsuicidal Self Injuries
- Self Injuries, Nonsuicidal
- Self Injury, Nonsuicidal
- Self-Injury
- Self Injury
- Self-Injuries
- Non-Suicidal Self Injury
- Non Suicidal Self Injury
- Non-Suicidal Self Injuries
- Self Injuries, Non-Suicidal
- Self Injury, Non-Suicidal
- Self-Destructive Behavior
- Behavior, Self-Destructive
- Behaviors, Self-Destructive
- Self Destructive Behavior
- Self-Destructive Behaviors
- Deliberate Self-Harm
- Deliberate Self Harm
- Self-Harm, Deliberate
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2016 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 2017 | 13 | 3 | 16 | | 2018 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2019 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2021 | 10 | 0 | 10 | | 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2023 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Self-Injurious Behavior" by people in Profiles.
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Blanchard AM, Tejada J, Pettway S, Cornell E, Hoffmann JA, Patel SR, Chernick LS, Betz ME, Auerbach RP, Asarnow J, Dayan PS. Lock and Protect, Reducing Access to Adolescent Means of Suicide: A Pilot Feasibility Study. Acad Emerg Med. 2026 May; 33(5):e70313.
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Hoffmire CA, Kittel JA, Holliday R, Morano TT, Imai Y, Monteith LL. Gender differences in non-fatal suicidal self-directed violence prevalence and methods among U.S. Veterans. J Psychiatr Res. 2025 Nov; 191:653-663.
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Turanovic JJ, Rodriguez N, Kuper JL. Factors Associated With All-Cause Mortality in a Western State Prison System, 1999-2020. Am J Prev Med. 2026 Jan; 70(1):108063.
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Kearns JC, Stanley IH, Sloan DM, Young-McCaughan S, Tyler HC, Hein JM, Straud CL, Joiner TE, Pennebaker JW, Rudd MD, Peterson AL, Marx BP. Written Exposure Therapy for Suicide Prevention (WET-SP): Design and methodology of a randomized controlled trial among military service members psychiatrically hospitalized for suicide risk. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 Aug; 155:108001.
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Reis DJ, Matarazzo BB, Wortzel HS. Screening and Clinical Risk Assessment for Suicide and Self-directed Violence. J Psychiatr Pract. 2025 May 01; 31(3):161-168.
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Ferrer M, Jandhyala N, Pellinen J, Greenwood H, Thio LL, Dlugos D, Park KL, Kanner AM, French J. Delayed diagnosis in adolescent onset focal epilepsy: Impact on morbidity and mental health. Epilepsia. 2025 Aug; 66(8):2941-2953.
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Weiss ST, Li X, Aldy K, Wax PM, Brent J. Self-Harm as a Contributor to the Opioid Epidemic: Data From the Toxicology Investigators Consortium Registry. J Addict Med. 2025 Jul-Aug 01; 19(4):395-402.
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Kako N, Pinder JB, Powers JP, Fox K. Machine Learning Prediction of Self-Injurious Outcomes in Adolescents by Sexual and Gender Identity. Arch Suicide Res. 2025 Oct-Dec; 29(4):911-924.
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Stanley IH, Marx BP. Beyond a dichotomous operationalization of suicide attempts. J Psychopathol Clin Sci. 2024 Oct; 133(7):505-506.
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Bettis AH, Burke TA, Scott SR, Bedock C, Ambriano C, Parrish J, Marsh D, Fox KR. Disclosures of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors to parents in the context of adolescent therapy: A qualitative investigation. J Clin Psychol. 2024 03; 80(3):537-558.
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