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Self‐Injurious Behaviors: Assessment and Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Kress Victoria E. White
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2003.tb00276.x
Subject(s) - medical diagnosis , psychology , self assessment , association (psychology) , clinical psychology , psychiatric diagnosis , psychiatry , medicine , psychotherapist , social psychology , pathology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming)
This article examines the diagnosis and assessment of self‐injurious behaviors. A classification model for conceptualizing self‐injury is discussed, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., text revision; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) diagnoses associated with self‐injury are addressed. Assessment questions and issues to consider when assessing clients who self‐injure are provided.