A qualitative study of motivations for non-suicidal self-injury in a sample of psychiatric outpatients in Singapore

Introduction: The popular notion that the need for attention drives non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) serves to stigmatise rather than understand this warning sign of underlying psychological/psychiatric disorder. Despite the pervasiveness of NSSI in clinical and community settings, effective treatmen...

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Published in:Singapore Medical Journal
Main Authors: Shazana Shahwan, Yunjue Zhang, Rajeswari Sambasivam, Say How Ong, Siow Ann Chong, Mythily Subramaniam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer – Medknow Publications 2022-12-01
Subjects:
functions
non-suicidal
reasons
self-harm
self-injury
Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.11622/smedj.2021161

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