A ‘choice’, an ‘addiction’, a way ‘out of the lost’: exploring self-injury in autistic people without intellectual disability

Abstract Background Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) describes a phenomenon where individuals inflict deliberate pain and tissue damage to their bodies. Self-injurious behaviour is especially prevalent across the autism spectrum, but little is understood about the features and functions of self-injur...

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Published in:Molecular Autism
Main Authors: R. L. Moseley, N. J. Gregory, P. Smith, C. Allison, S. Baron-Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Subjects:
Self-injury
Self-harm
Autism
Alexithymia
Sensory differences
Suicidality
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13229-019-0267-3

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