TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Self-injurious behavior in adolescents
JO  - Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri koruyucu hekimlik bülteni
A1  - Aktepe, E.
SP  - 201
EP  - 210
VL  - 10
IS  - 2
N2  - Self injury is a kind of behavior which begins in early adolescence and difficult to determine because remains suppressed. Most often forms are to cut and hit own. To be exposed to sexual abuse and stressfully life events are known as risk factors for self injurious behavior. High anxiety, depression and hostility levels, decrease of self esteem, suicidal attempts and thoughts are usually together with self injurious behavior and it may be mediating to emotional regulation. To explain the functions of self injurious behavior automatic and social support theories and social learning theories have suggested. The relation between suicidality and self injurious behavior is complex for adolescents. There is no enough knowledge if self injurious behavior aggravates the risk of completed suicide. Although it's a frequent behavior there are limited randomized controlled studies which examine specific treatment approaches. Dialectic behavior treatment is the type of treatment which shown as most effective for adults. To determine the needs to stop the behavior, to manage emotional senses and urges and to learn more healthy ways for needs to youth are necessary in treatment of self injurious behavior. Treatment also includes determining suicidal risk and comorbid psychiatric disorders. In self injurious behavior medical treatment is useful for comorbid psychiatric disorders.<p /> <p>Language: tr</p>
LA  - tr
SN  - 1303-734X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/pmb.20110214114906
ID  - ref1
ER  -