ArticleBMC psychiatry2016
The prevalence of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) in a representative sample of the German population.
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Influences on and Prevention of Self-harm Behaviour Among the Most At-risk Adolescents
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.
- The prevalence of self-injury in adolescence: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Mental imagery of suicide and non-suicidal self-injury: A meta-analysis and systematic review.Clinical psychology review · 2023Pooled it
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- Assessing the prevalence, characteristics and psychosocial correlates of nonsuicidal self-injury among Vietnamese adolescent psychiatric outpatients: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Incidence and determinants for non-suicidal self-injury in an Italian prison in Milan (Feb-Oct 2023): a retrospective cohort analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Influences on and prevention of self-harm behavior among the most at-risk adolescents: study protocol for the SH-MARA prospective longitudinal cohort study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Validation of the Chinese version of the self-injurious thoughts and behaviors interview for adolescent outpatients in Taiwan: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Therapeutic Nursing Interventions to Reduce Self-Injurious Behavior: A Scoping Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
- Risk of self-injurious behavior increases in adolescence: new findings.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Prediction of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) among rural Chinese junior high school students: a machine learning approach.Annals of general psychiatry · 2024Article
- Self-Harm Before and Six Months After Obesity Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2024Article
- Diurnal variation of cardiac autonomic activity in adolescent non-suicidal self-injury.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024Article
- A pilot study examining hemomania behaviors in psychiatry outpatients engaged with nonsuicidal self-injury.Brain and behavior · 2024Article
- The Prediction Model of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Psychiatric Patients Using Decision Tree Analysis.Yonsei medical journal · 2024Article
- Micro-sequences of anger and shame and non-suicidal self-injury in youth: an ecological momentary assessment study.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2024Article
- Predictors of non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents with depressive disorder: the role of alexithymia, childhood trauma, and body investment.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- You're not alone: imagery rescripting for adolescents who self-harm.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Relationship between alexithymia, loneliness, resilience and non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents with depression: a multi-center study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Non-suicidal self-injury and professional psychological help-seeking among Chinese left-behind children: prevalence and influencing factors.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a proposed new "condition for further study" in the DSM-5. To date no prevalence data has been available on this diagnostic entity from a representative sample of the general population.
methodsA representative sample of the German population (N = 2509, mean age = 48.8 years, SD = 18.1, female 55.4 %) completed the NSSI section of the German version of the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview (SITBI-G).
resultsA history of NSSI at least once during lifetime was reported by 3.1 % of all participants, with higher lifetime prevalence rates in younger age groups. DSM-5 NSSI disorder criteria were met by 0.3 %. The most common function of NSSI was automatic negative reinforcement (e.g. to alleviate negative feelings).
conclusionsTo the best of our knowledge, this is the first study reporting rates for the proposed NSSI category in DSM-5 from a representative sample of the general population. In comparison to findings from community samples of adolescents, adults seem to have lower lifetime prevalence rates of NSSI, thus making it necessary to emphasize prevention and treatment efforts in younger age groups.
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