by Self-Injury Institute | Sep 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) scares most of us. In the deepest, darkest corners of our primal beings, whether we are consciously aware of it or not, we associate blood with death and dying. This isn’t wimpy or weak; it’s not the mark of a fragile soul nor is it the...
by Self-Injury Institute | Jun 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM-5) is out this month. The National Institute of Mental Health hates it. (Sort of.) We at KISI were disappointed to find Non-Suicidal Self-Injury, a diagnosis we fully expected...
by Self-Injury Institute | May 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Psychological assessment tools have been developed to evaluate nearly every disorder and symptom in existence. A number of scales have been developed to assess self-injury; we’ll look at several of them here in the months ahead, but for this post, I’ll focus on one of...
by Self-Injury Institute | May 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
As we anxiously await the arrival of DSM-5, I am very excited about the inclusion of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) disorder. NSSI was rejected for inclusion in DSM-IV, possibly due to the fact that NSSI was seen as an integral part of Borderline Personality Disorder...
