Dissecting pain processing in adolescents with Non-Suicidal Self Injury: Could suicide risk lurk among the electrodes?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) disorder is highly prevalent in adolescents, its relationship with pain system function and suicidality is still controversial. The present study was designed to assess the function of the nociceptive afferent pathways and the endogenous pain modulation in adolescent patients with NSSI and to longitudinally register any suicide attempt, describe its frequency and find a possible association between suicide, neurophysiological measures and psychological measures.

Methods

We enrolled 30 adolescents suffering from NSSI and 20 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. Patients underwent a comprehensive psychological evaluation. Each participant underwent thermal pain thresholds of the quantitative sensory testing, laser-evoked

SUBMITTER: Leone C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8453562 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature