Advancing a temporal framework for understanding the biology of nonsuicidal self- injury: An expert review.

ABSTRACT: Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a serious clinical problem, particularly for adolescents and young adults. NSSI is a complex behavior that emerges through the intersecting effects of social, psychological, and biological mechanisms. Although the social and psychological contributions to risk for developing NSSI are relatively well understood and have guided the development of effective psychosocial treatments for self-injury, the biological mechanisms underlying NSSI have just begun to come to light. To evaluate and categorize the biological research conducted on the topic of NSSI, we propose a model that distinguishes between trait and state markers. According to this model, risk factors and mechanisms involved in NSSI can be distinguished into both trait and state factors. We review th

SUBMITTER: Kaess M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8783544 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature