Self-injury: Raising the profile of a dangerous behavior
Friday, October 30, 2015 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
Nonsuicidal self-injury is not officially recognized by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) as a mental disorder, which means insurance may not cover treatment - despite estimates that anywhere from 10 to 40 percent of adolescents suffer from it. New research lays out a case for recognizing the condition, as profiled in a new report.