Tuva Langjord, Geir Pedersen, Tone Bovim, Tore Buer Christensen, Ingeborg Ulltveit-Moe Eikenæs, Oddbjørn Hove, Arvid Nikolai Kildahl, Erlend Mork, Astrid Berge Norheim, Ruth Kari Ramleth, Petter Andreas Ringen, Kristin Lie Romm, Johan Siqveland, Thea Schønning, Line Stänicke, Terje Torgersen, Mona Pettersen, Tone Tveit, Øyvind Urnes, Fredrik Walby, Elfrida Hartveit Kvarstein
BACKGROUND: Severe self-harm leading to extensive hospitalization generates extreme challenges for patients, families, and health services. Controversies regarding diagnoses and health care often follow. Most evidence-based treatments targeting self-harm are designed for borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, current knowledge about mental health status among individuals with severe self-harm is limited. OBJECTIVES: To investigate psychopathology among patients extensively hospitalized due to severe or frequent self-harming behaviors...
2023: Frontiers in Psychiatry