Self-injurious behavior (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Self-injurious behavior, c1992.

Baker encyc. psych.

Comprehensive textbk. of psychiatry/V, c1989: v. 2, p. 1758 (self-injurious behavior; SIB)

Treament of psychiatric disorders, 1989: v. 1, p. 32 (self-injurious behavior; SIB)

Here are entered works on stereotyped behaviors by which individuals unintentionally cause damage to their bodies. Works on nonstereotyped behaviors and cognitions by which individuals directly or indirectly cause harm to themselves are entered under Self-destructive behavior. Works on behaviors by which individuals intentionally cause damage to their bodies are entered under Self-mutilation.

Notes under Self-destructive behavior; Self-mutilation