A 'choice', an 'addiction', a way 'out of the lost': exploring self-injury in autistic people without intellectual disability - Moseley RL, Gregory NJ, Smith P, Allison C, Baron-Cohen S.

BACKGROUND: Non-suicidal self-injury  (NSSI) describes a phenomenon where individuals inflict deliberate pain and tissue damage to their bodies. Self-injurious behaviour is especially prevalent across the autism spectrum, but little is understood about the...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news