Citation

Drubinaorcid B, Kökönyei G, Reinhardt M. Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle 2022; 77(1): 99-123.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022)

DOI

10.1556/0016.2022.00005

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The research of suicidal behaviour (suicidal thoughts, attended and completed suicide) is older than the research of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI; deliberately hurt one's own body without suicidal intent). There are numerous studies that investigate the links and the differences between the two phenomena, however there is no consensus between different authors. The aim of our study is to summarize and present the hypotheses and theoretical models about the possible links between NSSI and suicidal behaviour based on the latest literature. Furthermore, our aim is to familiarize professionals with these two phenomena (NSSI and suicidal behaviour) and to help them understand the complex relationship between the two behaviours. Although NSSI and suicidal behaviour can be differentiated along some aspects (e.g., based on the recommended diagnoses by DSM-5: Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Disorder and Suicidal Behaviour Disorder), research stress the importance of the links between NSSI and suicidal behaviour (e.g., NSSI as a predictor of suicidal behaviour). Comprehensive models raise mostly for the explication of the links between NSSI and suicidal behaviour, which describe NSSI as a risk factor for suicidal behaviour. In this respect, NSSI could be a factor that facilitate the development of suicidal behaviour in different ways. Beside of that the spectrum approach is getting widely accepted. It suggests that NSSI and suicidal behaviour are the two extremes of the same spectrum of behaviour. © 2022 A szerzo(k).

Language: hu

Keywords

self-harm; suicidal behaviour; non-suicidal self-injury