title: [Non-suicidal self-injury as autonomous diagnosis - implications for research and clinic of the DSM-5 proposal to establish the diagnosis of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in adolescents].
abstract: In both classificatory systems DSM-IV and ICD-10 self-injury is a symptom of borderline personality disorder (BPD). But it has been shown empirically that self-injury can also occur independent of BPD, for example, as a component of depressive states or even in adolescents without classifiable psychopathology. The scientific discussion about future diagnostic criteria recently led to a proposal to include Non-Suicidal Self-Injury as an independent disorder in the upcoming DSM-5 classification system. Based on recent epidemiological studies of adolescents in Germany, one may assume that approximately 4% of all youths in middle to late adolescence would fulfill the prevalence criterion (criterion A) of the proposed DSM-5 disorder (that is, at least five self-injury incidents within the previous 12 months). A precise classification of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury based on empirical research is needed to further the research, treatment, and prevention of this diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universität Ulm, Ulm. paul.plener@uniklinik-ulm.de
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Plener
authors.forename: Nestor D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Kapusta
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kölch
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaess
authors.forename: Romuald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brunner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008297:Male; D012106:Research; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D013577:Syndrome