Severe self-injurious behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) poses a significant risk of permanent physical injury. Not all children respond to behavioral therapies. Findings from a ...

Severe self-injurious behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) poses a significant risk of permanent physical injury. Not all children respond to behavioral therapies. Findings from a ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden might have found an explanation for why people with self-injury behaviour generally feel less pain than others. The key seems to be a more effective pain ...

New research from Florida State University finds a link between nightmares and self-injurious behavior, such as cutting or burning oneself. The findings are similar to previous research showing other ...

Credit: FDA. The use of electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) to treat self-injurious or aggressive behavior has been banned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The use of electrical ...

SYDNEY, Dec 4 (Reuters Life!) - Teenagers who are addicted to the Internet are more likely to engage in self-harm behaviour, according to an Australian-Chinese study. Researchers surveyed 1,618 ...

BENGALURU: In what can be called a dangerous trend, one that everybody must pay attention to, there is a steady rise in self-harm cases among adolescent children and young adults. Child and adolescent ...

We are so often told today that self-inflicted injury is a rapidly increasing phenomenon that it seems obvious that it is. Certainly, self-harm is more visible to more people than fifty, or even ...