Self Cutting Medical Term

Self-injury/cutting - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/self-injury/symptoms-causes/syc-20350950

Nonsuicidal self-injury, often simply called self-injury, is the act of deliberately harming your own body, such as cutting or burning yourself. It's typically not meant as a suicide attempt. Rather, this type of self-injury is a harmful way to cope with emotional pain, intense anger and frustration. While self-injury … See more

What Is Self-Injury Disorder? - WebMD

https://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/self-injuring-hurting

Self injury, also called self-harm, self-mutilation, or simply cutting, is defined as any intentional injury to one's own body. Usually, self-injury leaves marks or causes tissue …

Self-Harm: What It Is, Causes, Types & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/12201-self-harm

What is self-harm? Self-harm is when you intentionally injure yourself for a psychologically motivated reason. This includes a wide range of actions and injuries. The most common …

Self-harm - Wikipedia

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Self-injury (Cutting, Self-Harm or Self-Mutilation)

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Self-injury, also known as self-harm, self-mutilation, or self-abuse—occurs when someone repeatedly harms themselves on purpose in a way that is impulsive and not …

Self-Mutilation: Cutting, Burning -- Treatments and More - WebMD

https://www.webmd.com/depression/self-injury-disorder

Self-injury, also called self-harm or self-mutilation, is defined as any intentional injury to one's own body. Usually, self-injury leaves marks or causes tissue damage. Self-injury …

Self-mutilation | definition of self-mutilation by Medical dictionary

https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/self-mutilation

self-mutilation is a way of stopping a dissociative episode. Dissociation is a process in which the mind splits off, or dissociates, certain memories and thoughts that are too …

Self-Harm | Psychology Today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/self-harm

Self-harm most often refers to cutting, burning, scratching, and other forms of external injury; it can, however, also include internal or emotional harm, such as consuming toxic …

Self-harm | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness

https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Common-with-Mental-Illness/Self-harm

Self-harm or self-injury means hurting yourself on purpose. One common method is cutting with a sharp object. But any time someone deliberately hurts themself is classified as self …