Health
Herniated disk: What it is, symptoms and treatment
The pain and discomfort of a herniated disk can significantly impact the quality of your life.
Jun 26, 2023
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News tagged with self injury
Health
Gun owner perceptions about firearm dangers suggest opportunities for improving gun safety
People who own guns and those living with gun owners are substantially less worried about the risk of firearm injuries than individuals living in homes without guns, says a new study by violence prevention experts at UC Davis ...
Sep 9, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Allow some people to continue to self-injure as part of harm minimization, says researcher
Some people in mental health units should be allowed to continue to injure themselves as part of a harm reduction regime, says a researcher with experience of mental health care in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
Feb 9, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Adolescent females found especially vulnerable to mental health impact of pandemic-related school closings
Data from 44 hospitals in 26 states show that suicide or self-injury and depressive disorders were the primary mental health reasons children received emergency department (ED) or hospital inpatient care after statewide school ...
May 26, 2022
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Neuroscience
Stress regulates self-harm in rats
A stress hormone modulates compulsive biting in a rat model of self-injurious behavior (SIB), according to new research published in JNeurosci. Manipulating the activity of the brain circuitry underlying SIB could create ...
May 14, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Examining brain differences in pain modulation in people with self-injury behavior
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden might have found an explanation for why people with self-injury behavior generally feel less pain than others. The key seems to be a more effective pain-modulation system, a ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Analysis of Reddit forum suggests experience of non-suicidal self-harm shares characteristics with addiction
A large majority of individuals who reported and discussed non-suicidal self-injury on the social media platform Reddit described their experience in terms similar to those used to diagnose substance use disorder, according ...
Mar 21, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People with autism at higher risk for suicide, self-harm: study
(HealthDay)—A significantly increased risk of self-harm and suicide among people with autism shows the need for programs to reduce that risk, researchers say.
Oct 25, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Adolescent girls at risk for self-injury can be identified using a short psychological profile
A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports on three key factors found amongst adolescents that could be used to predict the first occurrence of nonsuicidal self-harm, ...
Sep 9, 2020
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Health
329 people injured by firearms in US each day, but for every death, 2 survive
Firearm injury is a major public health crisis in the United States. In 2017, more than 39,000 deaths were caused by firearms, but the incidence of cases in which people survive after a trip to the emergency department, known ...
Dec 7, 2020
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