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NU664 Primary Care of the Psychiatric Mental Health Client I

Week 3 Discussion

What Factors Influence Self-Injurious Behavior?

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5 Not Obvious Signs of Self Harm (4:16 minutes)

5 Not Obvious Signs of Self Harm Video Video Transcript

Self Harm: What is it About? (12:00 minutes)

Self Harm: What is it About? Video Transcript

Self-injurious behavior is a manifestation of emotion-focused coping.

Discuss some causes that may explain why youth engage in self-injurious behaviors.

Choose one of the self-injurious behaviors that interests you.

Discuss what the research says about the etiology or the causative factors for these behaviors.

What evidence-based treatment modalities have been recognized as helpful in managing these behaviors?