title: Behavioral change in patients with severe self-injurious behavior: a patient's perspective.
abstract: Semistructured interviews were conducted with 12 women who had successfully stopped self-injuring to gain an understanding of the process of stopping self-injury. The data were analyzed based on the grounded theory method. The researchers found that the process of stopping self-injury consists of six phases. Connection was identified as key to all phases of the process. Nursing interventions should focus on forging a connection, encouraging people who self-injure to develop a positive self-image and learn alternative behavior.
authors.affiliation: Palier, Forensic and Intensive Care, Intensive Treatment Centre, Fenny ten Boschstraat 23, The Hague, The Netherlands. n.kool@palier.nl
authors.forename: Nienke
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kool
authors.forename: Berno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van Meijel
authors.forename: Maartje
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bosman
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015984:Causality; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D009426:Netherlands; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D036301:Qualitative Research; D017751:Safety Management; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires