The document summarizes common forms of self-harming behaviors such as skin cutting, head banging, and burning. It states that before engaging in self-harm, a person typically experiences interpersonal difficulties, negative feelings or thoughts, or a preoccupation with self-injury. The behaviors cannot be explained by other mental, developmental, or medical conditions alone. The document provides two citations for additional information on nonsuicidal self-injury.

5. 1. Skin cutting (70-90%)
2. Head banging or hitting (21-44%)
3. Burning (15-35%)
4. Carving (9-10%)

7. Before the behaviour, a person experiences
one of the following;
Interpersonal difficulty or negative
feelings or thought
Preoccupation about self injury that is
hard to resist
Behaviour cant be explained by other
mental, developmental or other medical
conditions

16. 1) Selby, E. A., Krenzler, A., Fehling, K. B., & Penza, E. (2015).
Nonsuicidal self-injury disorder: The path to diagnostic
validity and final obstacles. Clinical Psychology Review, 3879-
91. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2015.03.003.
2) Kerr, P. L., Muehlenkamp, J. J., & Turner, J. M. (2010).
Nonsuicidal self-injury: A review of current research for
family medicine and primary care physicians. Journal of the
American Board of Family Medicine 23(2), 240-259.
http://www.jabfm.org/content/23/2/240.full.