"Self-Injurious Behavior" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
	which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
	
	
		
			
			
				Behavior in which persons hurt or harm themselves without the motive of suicide or of sexual deviation.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D016728
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						| MeSH Number(s) | 
						
							 F01.145.126.980 
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						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							Self-Injurious Behavior- Self-Injurious Behavior
 - Behavior, Self-Injurious
 - Behaviors, Self-Injurious
 - Self Injurious Behavior
 - Self-Injurious Behaviors
 - Nonsuicidal Self Injury
 - Nonsuicidal Self Injuries
 - Self Injuries, Nonsuicidal
 - Self Injury, Nonsuicidal
 - Self-Injury
 - Self Injury
 - Self-Injuries
 - Non-Suicidal Self Injury
 - Non Suicidal Self Injury
 - Non-Suicidal Self Injuries
 - Self Injuries, Non-Suicidal
 - Self Injury, Non-Suicidal
 - Self-Destructive Behavior
 - Behavior, Self-Destructive
 - Behaviors, Self-Destructive
 - Self Destructive Behavior
 - Self-Destructive Behaviors
 - Deliberate Self-Harm
 - Deliberate Self Harm
 - Self-Harm, Deliberate
 
  
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Self-Injurious Behavior" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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Cost of Intentional Drug Overdose and Other Self-Harm Among Youth in the United States, 2021. Acad Pediatr. 2025 May-Jun; 25(4):102800.
															
								 
							
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Adolescents Who Do Not Endorse Risk via the Patient Health Questionnaire Before Self-Harm or Suicide. JAMA Psychiatry. 2024 Jul 01; 81(7):717-726.
															
								 
							
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Clozapine Use Among People With Psychotic Disorders Who Experience Specific Indications for Clozapine. J Clin Psychiatry. 2024 Apr 29; 85(2).
															
								 
							
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Predicting risk of suicidal behavior from insurance claims data vs. linked data from insurance claims and electronic health records. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2024 Jan; 33(1):e5734.
															
								 
							
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Prevalence of self-inflicted injuries among transgender and gender diverse adolescents and young adults compared to their peers: an examination of interaction with mental health morbidity. Ann Epidemiol. 2023 May; 81:40-46.e2.
															
								 
							
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Accuracy of ICD-10-CM encounter diagnoses from health records for identifying self-harm events. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2022 11 14; 29(12):2023-2031.
															
								 
							
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Machine Learning Prediction of Suicide Risk Does Not Identify Patients Without Traditional Risk Factors. J Clin Psychiatry. 2022 08 31; 83(5).
															
								 
							
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Effect of Care Management or Online Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training vs Usual Care on Self-harm Among Adults With Suicidal Ideation-Reply. JAMA. 2022 06 14; 327(22):2246-2247.
															
								 
							
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Development and Testing of an Emergency Department Quality Measure for Pediatric Suicidal Ideation and Self-Harm. Acad Pediatr. 2022 Apr; 22(3S):S92-S99.
															
								 
							
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Effect of Offering Care Management or Online Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training vs Usual Care on Self-harm Among Adult Outpatients With Suicidal Ideation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2022 02 15; 327(7):630-638.