T57. Social Interaction Processing in Adolescents With Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) Behavior

Interpersonal stress is a common trigger of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) behavior. Here, we addressed whether NSSI adolescents have a negative bias in reading social interactions. We developed a task that investigates the neural correlates of social interaction in a simulated online environment in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner.

Source: Biological Psychiatry - May 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Irene Perini, Per Gustafsson, Paul Hamilton, Robin K ämpe, Leah Mayo, Maria Zetterqvist, Markus Heilig Source Type: research