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Self-Harm Classification System Development : Theoretical Study

BUREŠOVÁ, Iva

Basic information

Original name

Self-Harm Classification System Development : Theoretical Study

Authors

BUREŠOVÁ, Iva (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Review of Social Sciences, Beaverton (OR), LAR Center Press, 2016, 2378-8569

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50102 Psychology, special ;

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/16:00091373

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

Keywords in English

classification system; definition; self-harm; terms

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 15/2/2020 14:44, Mgr. Vojtěch Juřík, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

In the last decades there has been a visible increase in self-harming behaviour. Although this fact could have been influenced by the increased interest of specialists in researching this phenomenon and the related development and specification of adequate diagnostic tools, it is certain that this specific behaviour, until recently considered highly pathological, is becoming a norm to such an extent that a significant number of individuals try it at least once in their life or even practice it for an extended period of time. Despite the preliminary establishing of self-harm as an isolated symptom in the diagnostic manual DSM-VTM, we cannot find its unified and generally acknowledged definition in relevant specialised literature because it is a complex phenomenon and its exact description entails a number of disunities in terms of terminology resulting from the various ways of understanding it.