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Professional Journal Articles:

2009

Tuisku, V. et. al. (Article in Press). Factors associated with deliberate self-harm behaviour among depressed adolescent outpatients.  Journal of Adolescence. Elsevier

Anestis, Michael D.; Bryan, Craig J.; Cornette, Michelle M.; Joiner, Thomas E. (2009). Understanding suicidal behavior in the military: an evaluation of joiner's interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior in two case studies of active duty post-deployers The Free Libraryhttp://www.thefreelibrary.com/Understanding suicidal behavior in the military: an evaluation of...-a0193182089

2008

Kress, Victoria E.; Rachel Hoffman, (2008.). "Non-suicidal self-injury and motivational interviewing: enhancing readiness for change.(PRACTICE)(Report)." Journal of Mental Health Counseling. American Mental Health Counselors Association.

2007

Croyle, K.L.. (2007). Self-Harm Experiences Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Young Adults. Hispanics Journal of Behavioral Sciences. Vol.29, 2, 242-253.

Jacobson, C. M., Muehlenkamp, J. J., & Miller, A. L. (2007). Psychiatric impairment among adolescents engaging in different types of deliberate self-harm. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Klonsky, E.D. (2007). The functions of deliberate self-injury. A review of the evidence. Clinical Psychology Review, 27, 226-239.


Muehlenkamp, J. J., & Gutierrez, P. M. (2007). Risk for suicide attempts among adolescents who engage in non-suicidal self-injury. Archives of Suicide Research, 11, 69-82.

Whitlock, J.L., Lader, W., Conterio, K. (2007).  The Internet and Self-Injury: What Psychotherapists Should Know   Journal of Clinical Psychology, 63 (11) 1135-1143.

Trepal, Heather C.; Wester, Kelly L. (2007) Self-injurious behaviors, diagnoses, and treatment methods: What mental health professionals are reporting The Free Library. (2007). Retrieved March 21, 2009 from http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Self-injurious behaviors, diagnoses, and treatment methods: What...-a0170113128

2006

Claes, L, Vandereychen, W., Vertommen, H. (2006). Pain experience related to self-injury in eating disorder patients. Eating Behaviors.vol. 7, no3, 204-213 

Joiner, T. E. (2006). Why People Die By Suicide. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press

Lader, W. (2006) A look at the increase in body focused behaviors.  Paradigm Magazine. Vol 11(1) & Vol. 9 (4).

Muehlenkamp, Jennifer J..(2006) "Empirically supported treatments and general therapy guidelines for non-suicidal self-injury." Journal of Mental Health Counseling. American Mental Health Counselors Association. .

Nock, M. K., Joiner, T. E., Gordon, K. H., Lloyd-Richardson, E., & Prinstein, M. J. (2006). Non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents: Diagnostic correlates and relation to suicide attempts. Psychiatry Research, 144(1), 65-72.

Walsh, B. W. (2006). Treating self-injury: A practical guide. New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Whitlock, J., Eckenrode, J., & Silverman, D. (2006). Self-injurious behaviors in a college population. Pediatrics, 117, 1939-1948.


2005

Andover, M. S., Pepper, C. M., Ryabchenko, K.A., Orrico, E. G., & Gibb, B. E. (2005). Self-mutilation and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 35, 581-591.

2006

Kumar, G., Pepe, D., & Steer, R. A. (2005). Adolescent psychiatric inpatients' self-reported reasons for cutting themselves

Laye-Gindhu, A. & Schonert-Reichl, K. A. (2005). Nonsuicidal self-harm among community adolescents: Understanding the "whats" and "whys" of self-harm. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 34(5), 447-457. 

Muehlenkamp, J.(2005). Self-injurious behavior as a separate clinical syndrome. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 75(2):324-333

Nock, M. K. & Prinstein, M. J. (2005). Contextual features and behavioral functions of self-mutilation among adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 114, 140-146.

O’Loughlin, S., & Sherwood, J. (2005). A 20-year review of trends in deliberate self-harm in a British town, 1981 – 2000. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 40, 446-453.

Olfson, M., Gameroff, M. J., Marcus, S. C., Greenberg, T., & Shaffer, D. (2005). National trends in hospitalization of youth with intentional self-inflicted injuries. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 1328-1333.

Skegg, K. (2005). Self-harm. Lancet, 366, 1471-1483

2004

Courtois, C.A. (2004) Complex Trauma, Complex Reactions:  Assessment and Treatment.  Psychotherapy:  Theory, Research, Practice, Training. 41(4): 412-425

Muehlenkamp, J. J., Yates, B., & Alberts, A. (2004). Gender and racial differences in self-injury. Paper presented at the annual American Association of Suicidology Conference, Miami, FL. 

Muehlenkamp, J. J., & Gutierrez, P. M. (2004). An investigation of differences between self-injurious behavior and suicide attempts in a sample of adolescents. Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 34(12-24).

Nock, M. K. & Prinstein, M. J. (2004). A functional approach to the assessment of self-mutilative behavior. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 885-890. 

Rodham, K., Hawton, K., & Evans, E. (2004). Reasons for deliberate self-harm: Comparison of self-poisoners and self-cutters in a community sample of adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 43, 80-87.

Yates, T. M. (2004). The developmental psychopathology of self-injurious behavior: Compensatory regulation in posttraumatic adaptation. Clinical Psychology Review, 24, 35-74.

2003

Klonsky, E. D., Oltmanns, T. F., & Turkheimer, E. (2003). Deliberate self-harm in a nonclinical population: Prevalence and psychological correlates. American Journal of Psychiatry, 160, 1501-1508.

2002


Brown, M., Comtois, K. & Linehan, M. (2002 Reasons for Suicide Attempts and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Women With Borderline Personality Disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 111(1): 198-202.

Gratz, K.L., Conrad, S.D., Roemer, L. (2002) Risk factors for deliberate self-harm among college students.  American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 72(1): 128-140.

Nixon, M.K., Cloutier,P.F., & Aggarwal, S.(2002). Affect regulation and addictive aspects of repetitive self-injury in hospitalized adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,41(11), 1333-1341.

Ross, S., & Heath, N. (2002). A study of the frequency of self-mutilation in a community sample of adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 31, 67-77

Shaw, S.N. (2002). Shifting Conversations on Girl's and Women's Self-Injury:  An Analysis of the Clinical Literature in Historical Context. Feminism & Psychology. 12(2): 191-219.

2001

Claes, L., Vandereycken, W., & Vertommen, H. (2001). Self-injurious behaviors in eating-disordered patients. Eating Behaviors, 2, 263-272

Gratz, K. (2001). Measurement of deliberate self-harm: Preliminary data on the Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 23(4), 253-263.

Guertin, T., LLoyd-Richardson, E., Spirito, A., Donaldson, D.&  Boergers, J. (2001). Self-mutilative behavior in adolescents who attempt suicide by overdose. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40(9), 1062-1069 


Kessler, R. C., Costello, E. J., Merikangas, K. R., & Ustun, T. B. (2001). Psychiatric epidemiology: Recent advances and future directions. In R. W. Manderscheid, & M. J. Henderson (Eds.), Mental Health, United States, 2000. Washington, D. C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.


Stanley, B., Gameroff, M., Michalsen, B.,& Mann,J. (2001) Are Suicide Attempters Who Self-Mutilate a Unique Population? Am J Psychiatry. 158:427-432.

2000 and Earlier

Glover, H., Lader, W., Walker-O'Keefe, J., Goodnick, P. (1997).  Numbing scale scores in female inpatients diagnosed with self-injurious behavior, dissociative identity disorder, and major depression.Psychiatry Research 70, 115-123.  

Glover, H., Lader, W., Walker-O'Keefe, J. (1995) Vulnerability scale scores in female patients diagnosed with self-injurious behavior, dissociative identity disorder, and major depression. Psychological Reports 77, 987-995

Hays, L.M., Juvenile Suicide in Confinement:  A National Survey.  National Center on Institutions and Alternatives. Mansfield, MA.

Herpertz, S. (1995). Self-injurious behavior. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 91, 57-68.

Hurry, J. (2000). Deliberate self-harm in children and adolescents. International Review of Psychiatry, 1, 31-36. Kass, R. E., & Wasserman, L. (1995). A reference Bayesian test for nested hypotheses and its relationship to the Schwarz criterion. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 90, 928-934.

Kerfoot, M., Dyer, E., Harrington, V., Woodham, A., & Harrington, R. (1996). Correlates and short-term course of self poisoning in adolescents. British Journal of Psychiatry, 168, 38-42.

Favazza, A.R, DeRosear, L., & Conterio, K. (1989) Self-mutilation and eating disorders.  Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 19, 352-361.

Favazza, A., & Conterio, K. (1988) The plight of chronic self-mutilators.  Community Mental Health Journal, 24, 1, 22-30

Favazza, A. & Conterio, K. (1989) Female habitual self-mutilators.  Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavia, 79, 3, 283-289.

Zlotnick, C., Mattia, J. I., & Zimmerman, M. (1999). Clinical correlates of self-mutilation in a sample of general psychiatric patients. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 187, 296-301

Popular Media

Mehta, Julie. (2004, December 1). Hurts so bad: why are troubled teens taking their inner pain out on themselves? The Free Library. (2004). Retrieved March 21, 2009 from http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Hurts so bad: why are troubled teens taking their inner pain out on...-a0125832443

Educators:

Heath, Nancy L.; Toste, Jessica R.; Nedecheva, Tatiana; Charlebois, Alison. (2008, April 1). An examination of nonsuicidal self-injury among college students The Free Library. (2008).

Moyer, Michael; Haberstroh, Shane; Marbach, Christina. (2008, June 1). Self-injurious behaviors on the net: a survey of resources for school counselors The Free Library. (2008). Retrieved March 21, 2009 from http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Self-injurious behaviors on the net: a survey of resources for school...-a0180860876

Kowalski, Kathiann M. (2008, January 1). The unkindest cut: cutting is a sign of serious pain: in a recent survey of high school students, 14 percent of boys and 23 percent of girls said they had hurt themselves on purpose in the previous year The Free Library. (2008). Retrieved March 21, 2009 from http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The unkindest cut: cutting is a sign of serious pain: in a recent...-a0173099154 
 

Roberts-Dobie, Susan; Rebecca Donatelle,. "School counselors and student self-injury.(Research Article)." Journal of School Health. American School Health Association. 2007.

Heath, N. L., Toste, J. R., & Beettam, E. (2006). "I am not well-equipped": High school teachers’ perceptions of self-injury. Canadian Journal of School Psychology 21(1-2): 73-92.

Costin, Amanda. (2006, December 1). Students who self-injure: school counselor ethical and legal considerations The Free Library. (2006). Retrieved March 21, 2009 from http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Students who self-injure: school counselor ethical and legal...-a0157032933

Reynolds, Cynthia A. (2004, February 1). Adolescents who self-injure: implications and strategies for school counselors The Free Library. (2004). Retrieved March 21, 2009 from http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Adolescents who self-injure: implications and strategies for school...-a0114784735

Gratz, K.L., Conrad, S.D., & Roemer, L. (2002). Risk factors for deliberate self-harm among college students. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 72, 128-140.

White, V. E., Trepal-Wollenzier, H., & Nolan, J. M. (2002). College students and self-injury: Intevention strategies for counselors. Journal of College Counseling, 5, 105-113.

Correctional Institutions

Fulwiler, C., Forbes, C., Santangelo, S. L., & Folstein, M. (1997). Self-mutilation and suicide attempt: Distinguishing features in prisoners. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 25, 69-77.

Penn,J.V.,Esposito,C.L., Schaeffer, L..E., Fritz, G.K., & Spirito, A. (2003). Suicide attempts and self-mutilative behavior in a juvenile correctional facility. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42, 762-769.

International Articles:

"THERE could be up to 60,000 cases of self-injury in Ireland each year -- with as many as one in 15 young people affected by it." Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland). Independent News & Media PLC. 2009






 



 








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Jacobson, C. M., & Gould, M. (in press). The epidemiology and phenomenology of non-suicidal self-injurious behavior among adolescents: A critical review of the literature. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 192(12), 830-836. Archives of Suicide Research.

 






 



Whitlock, J. & Knox, K. L. (in press). The relationship between self-injurious behavior and suicide in a young adult population. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.







Claes, L., & Vandereycken, W. (in press). Self-injurious behavior: Differential diagnosis and functional differentiation. Comprehensive Psychiatry.


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