Self-injuring adolescent girls exhibit insular cortex volumetric abnormalities that are similar to those seen in adults with borderline personality disorder - Beauchaine TP, Sauder CL, Derbidge CM, Uyeji LL.

Self-inflicted injury (SII) in adolescence is a serious public health concern that portends prospective vulnerability to internalizing and externalizing psychopathology, borderline personality development, suicide attempts, and suicide. To date, however, o...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news