Self-Harm Classification System Development : Theoretical Study

BUREŠOVÁ, Iva. Self-Harm Classification System Development : Theoretical Study. Review of Social Sciences. Beaverton (OR): LAR Center Press, 2016, vol. 1, No 4, p. 13-20. ISSN 2378-8569. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.18533/rss.v1i4.21.

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

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50102 Psychology, special
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/16:00091373
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18533/rss.v1i4.21
• Keywords in English: classification system; definition; self-harm; terms
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

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.