title: [Non-suicidal self-injury and comorbid mental disorders: a review].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is described as deliberate destruction of one's body without suicidal intent. It is a fact that the phenomenon is associated with several mental disorders. Even so, a systematic review is lacking. The aim of this article is to compile which psychiatric disorders occur most frequently with NSSI.
  
  
  METHODS
  From a literature search, 21 of 1298 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mood disorders, especially a recurrent major depression disorder, and personality disorders, particularly the borderline syndrome, are closely connected with NSSI in adolescence and adulthood. Self-injury is also present in anxiety and substance use disorders. In adolescence, externalising disorders are related to NSSI, too.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Depressive disorders and the borderline personality disorders are robustly associated with NSSI. It is still unknown whether or not the occurrence of NSSI with particular disorders can be explained by comorbidity with the borderline syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Klinische Psychologie und Rehabilitation, Universität Bremen, Grazer Strasse 6, Bremen. nitkowski@uni-bremen.de
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nitkowski
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petermann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult