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Self-Injurious Behavior
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Definition
: Behavior in which persons hurt or harm themselves without the motive of suicide or of sexual deviation.
SELF MUTILATION is also available; DF: SELF INJ BEHAVIOR
Examples
Self Mutilation
;
Suicide
Other names
Self-
Destructive Behavior; Parasuicide; Self-
Harm, Deliberate; Self Injurious Behavior; Self Destructive Behavior; Deliberate Self Harm; Behavior, Self-
Injurious; Behavior, Self-
Destructive; Deliberate Self-
Harm