Search for dissertations about: "NSSI"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the word NSSI.

2. 1. Characteristics of Self-Injury in Young Adolescents : Findings from Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies in Swedish Schools

   Author : Jonas Bjärehed; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Non-suicidal self-injury; NSSI; Deliberate self-harm; DSH; Adolescents; cluster analysis;

   Abstract : Self-injury in adolescents (e.g. when individuals cut, burn, hit or otherwise deliberately cause themselves direct injury), has gained recognition as a potentially important mental health problem during the past decade. Relatively little has been known about the scope and characteristics of this behavior in Swedish adolescents. READ MORE

4. 2. Self-harm in young violent offenders and forensic psychiatric patients

   Author : Natalie Laporte; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; self-harm; suicide attempt; forensic psychiatry; prison; offenders; Non-suicidal self-injury NSSI ; mental disorders;

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5. 3. Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Swedish Adolescents : Prevalence, Characteristics, Functions and Associations With Childhood Adversities

   Author : Maria Zetterqvist; Carl Göran Svedin; Lars-Gunnar Lundh; Paul Plener; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Non-suicidal self-injury; adolescents; prevalence; functions; adversities; trauma symptoms;

   Abstract : Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), such as intentionally cutting, burning or hitting oneself, is a behavior with potentially detrimental consequences and empirical studies are necessary to gain knowledge of how to prevent NSSI in adolescents. The aims of this thesis were to investigate the prevalence, methods, characteristics and functions of NSSI in a large community sample of Swedish adolescents, and to examine the relationship between NSSI and adverse life events and trauma symptoms. READ MORE

6. 4. Deliberate self-harm : characteristics, clinical correlates and interventions

   Author : Hanna Sahlin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Deliberate self-harm (DSH) and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) are serious global health problems prevalent among both community and clinical samples. Several studies have suggested that aggression towards others may be a clinically relevant correlate in self-harming individuals, but the association is still unclear. READ MORE

7. 5. Nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescence : attempts to improve and develop treatment

   Author : Olivia Ojala; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and NSSI disorder are common in adolescence and associated with adverse outcomes, including suicide attempts. Detecting vulnerable children and adolescents is essential to decrease the risk of initiation as well as repetition of self-injury. READ MORE