title: How new is self-harm?
abstract: "Self-harm" is now proposed as a full-fledged diagnostic category for DSM-5. The existing literature of the topic posits that it is a transhistorical psychiatric category and that examples of self-harm can be found from the earliest written records, which is part of the underlying argument for its inclusion in DSM-5. However, how old is self-harm and, indeed, what defines self-harm historically and culturally?
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30345, USA. slgilma@emory.edu
authors.forename: Sander L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Gilman
mesh_terms: D003466:Cultural Characteristics / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology; D019529:Sexuality / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology