Suicidality and self-injury behaviours across the Lifespan in mental and substance use disorders

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Suicidality and self-injury behaviours across the Lifespan in mental and substance use disorders is written by Laura Orsolini and published by Frontiers Media SA. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 2832566529 (ISBN 10) and 9782832566527 (ISBN 13).

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidality are major public health problems across lifespan, even though particularly among adolescents and young people, with rates of NSSI being high in the teenage years, and suicide being the second most common cause of death in young people worldwide. Non-suicidal self-injury behaviours refer to intentional self-poisoning or self-injury, irrespective of the type of motivation or the extent of suicidal intent. NSSI and suicidality represent the products of a complex interplay between genetic, biological, psychiatric, psychological, social and cultural factors. Overall, the diathesis-stress model tries to explain and understand the NSSI and suicidality across lifespan, by underlining how it should be investigated the interplay between predisposing biological (e.g., serotonin imbalances), personality (e.g., perfectionism, impulsivity) and cognitive vulnerability (e.g., impaired social problem-solving, cognitive deterioration, etc.) combined with the exposure to negative/stressful events and/or life adversity. In particular suicidality and self-harm behaviours mostly tend to occur in the context of diagnosable psychiatric disorders and substance use disorders, including novel psychoactive substances. Overall, substance use disorders increases the risk of suicidal thoughts and is the second most frequent precursor to suicidality as well as non-suicidal self-harm behaviours to suicide.