title: A naturalistic study of the relationship between self-harm behaviors and Axis I diagnostic groupings among inpatients.
abstract: Self-harm behavior is relatively common among psychiatric patients, but few studies have examined such behavior in the context of Axis I diagnoses. In this study among 110 psychiatric inpatients, we examined clinical psychiatric diagnoses and surveyed participants for self-harm behaviors. Surprisingly, using five diagnostic groupings, there were no between-group differences in the endorsement of individual, total number of, or high-lethal self-harm behaviors. Our results suggest that the number and character of self-harm behaviors does not relate to psychiatric diagnosis among psychiatric inpatients.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH.
authors.forename: Randy A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sansone
authors.forename: Douglas A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Songer
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Miller
keywords: Diagnosis; inpatients; self-harm behavior