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European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Published in: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 7/2022

Open Access 11-07-2022 | Suicide | Editorial

Self-harm: a transdiagnostic marker of psychopathology and suicide risk during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Author: Michael Kaess

Published in: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | Issue 7/2022

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All behaviours that are performed intentionally, and with the knowledge that they can or will result in some degree of physical or psychological injury to oneself, could be conceptualised as “self-injury” or “self-harm” [1]. Most often, self-harm is nowadays divided into two main categories: suicidal behaviour and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). This division is based on the intent that is underlying the self-harming act. …
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Metadata
Title
Self-harm: a transdiagnostic marker of psychopathology and suicide risk during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Author
Michael Kaess
Publication date
11-07-2022
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry / Issue 7/2022
Print ISSN: 1018-8827
Electronic ISSN: 1435-165X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-022-02044-0

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