社会心理的
精神科
心理健康
心情
上瘾
焦虑
情绪障碍
双相情感障碍
心理学
医学
偶然的
临床心理学
声学
物理
出处
期刊:Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
[SLACK, Inc.]
日期:2020-06-01
卷期号:58 (6): 13-16
被引量:8
标识
DOI:10.3928/02793695-20200513-03
摘要
Self-injury is a mental health–related behavior people engage in to feel pain because they feel numb, to experience physical pain to ease their psychological pain, or to experience an emotional release. Self-injury is more common in patients with other co-occurring anxiety or mood disorders. An addictive component to self-injury has been identified related to an increase in dopamine levels from the self-injury, which then disrupts normal dopamine production similar to substance use disorders. Instruments are available to help identify patients who self-injure along with questions that should be asked in the course of a mental health assessment and physical examination. Patients with self-injury should be treated for any underlying mental health disorder as well as for self-injury, which includes therapy strategies and medications. Nurses can play a vital role in identifying and treating this disorder, which carries risk factors including infection, accidental death, and a higher risk of suicide. [ Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 58 (6), 13–16.]
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