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...
