Adolescents non-suicidal self-injury: general and particular. Part 1

In the first part of the review, self-harming behavior (“self-harm”, SH) is viewed as a spectrum of direct and indirect forms of deviant behavior with an emphasis on adolescents non-suicidal SH in comparison with older ages and taking into account the gender aspect. The prevalence, possibly growing, of SH in clinical and general population samples, functions of SH have been specified; the models (hypotheses) of SH and the relationship between non-suicidal and suicidal behavior are discussed.