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Self-destructive behavior in patients with dissociative disorders. 2002

Glenn N Saxe, and Neharika Chawla, and Bessel Van der Kolk

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, MA, USA. glenn.saxe@bmc.org

Highrates of self-injury have been reported in patients with dissociative disorders, yet no prior study has directly compared these patients with other psychiatric patients. The present study assesses self-destructive behavior in a group of inpatients who have dissociative disorders compared to those who report few dissociative symptoms. These patients more frequently engage in self-destructive behaviors, use more methods of self-injury, and begin to injure themselves at an earlier age then patients who do not dissociate. Results have important implications for understanding the relationship between dissociation, childhood trauma, and self-injury and for assessment and treatment of patients with dissociative disorders.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D004213	Dissociative Disorders	Sudden temporary alterations in the normally integrative functions of consciousness.	Dissociation,Fugue,Hysteria, Dissociative,Dissociative Reaction,Disorder, Dissociative,Disorders, Dissociative,Dissociative Disorder,Dissociative Hysteria,Dissociative Reactions,Hysterias, Dissociative,Reaction, Dissociative,Reactions, Dissociative
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D015995	Prevalence	The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.	Period Prevalence,Point Prevalence,Period Prevalences,Point Prevalences,Prevalence, Period,Prevalence, Point,Prevalences
D016022	Case-Control Studies	Comparisons that start with the identification of persons with the disease or outcome of interest and a control (comparison, referent) group without the disease or outcome of interest. The relationship of an attribute is examined by comparing both groups with regard to the frequency or levels of outcome over time.	Case-Base Studies,Case-Comparison Studies,Case-Referent Studies,Matched Case-Control Studies,Nested Case-Control Studies,Case Control Studies,Case-Compeer Studies,Case-Referrent Studies,Case Base Studies,Case Comparison Studies,Case Control Study,Case Referent Studies,Case Referrent Studies,Case-Comparison Study,Case-Control Studies, Matched,Case-Control Studies, Nested,Case-Control Study,Case-Control Study, Matched,Case-Control Study, Nested,Case-Referent Study,Case-Referrent Study,Matched Case Control Studies,Matched Case-Control Study,Nested Case Control Studies,Nested Case-Control Study,Studies, Case Control,Studies, Case-Base,Studies, Case-Comparison,Studies, Case-Compeer,Studies, Case-Control,Studies, Case-Referent,Studies, Case-Referrent,Studies, Matched Case-Control,Studies, Nested Case-Control,Study, Case Control,Study, Case-Comparison,Study, Case-Control,Study, Case-Referent,Study, Case-Referrent,Study, Matched Case-Control,Study, Nested Case-Control
D016728	Self-Injurious Behavior	Behavior in which persons hurt or harm themselves without the motive of suicide or of sexual deviation.	Intentional Self Harm,Intentional Self Injury,Self Harm,Self-Destructive Behavior,Deliberate Self-Harm,Non-Suicidal Self Injury,Nonsuicidal Self Injury,Self-Injury,Behavior, Self-Destructive,Behavior, Self-Injurious,Deliberate Self Harm,Harm, Self,Intentional Self Injuries,Non Suicidal Self Injury,Non-Suicidal Self Injuries,Nonsuicidal Self Injuries,Self Destructive Behavior,Self Harm, Intentional,Self Injurious Behavior,Self Injury,Self Injury, Intentional,Self Injury, Non-Suicidal,Self Injury, Nonsuicidal,Self-Destructive Behaviors,Self-Harm, Deliberate,Self-Injurious Behaviors