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What is Self injury?

Self-injury or self-infliction is deliberate injury inflicted by a person upon their own body without suicidal intent. These acts may be aimed at relieving otherwise unbearable emotions, sensations of unreality and numbness.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Emotional pain 6 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 2 2 Efficacy_moderate
anger/sadness/anxiety 2 0
Stress 1 1 Efficacy_slight
Anxiety and frustration 1 0
Anger 1 0

See all 14 patients currently using Self injury

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Self injury

Scars 5
judgement 4
Pain 1
Infection 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Self injury (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 100%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 100%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 100%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 100%
Other 1   Other: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped using Self injury

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Self injury

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Stopped Using Self injury

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Self injury

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 1 17%
Sometimes
 3 50%
Never
 2 33%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Self injury

Very
 4 67%
Somewhat
 1 17%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 17%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Self injury

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 100%

Report created on May 26, 2012.