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Atypical And Severe Nonsuicidal Self-Injury As An Indicator Of Severe Psychopathology: Findings From A Sample Of High-Risk Community Mental Health Clients, Melanie A. Hom, Megan L. Rogers, Matthew E. Schneider, Bruno Chiurliza, Leonard A. Doerfler, Barent W. Walsh, Thomas E. Joiner

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This study examined whether atypical/severe nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI; e.g., foreign body ingestion, cutting necessitating sutures) serves as a marker of severe psychopathology among 467 adult community mental health clients (n = 33 with an atypical/severe NSSI history). Information regarding psychiatric risk indicators was extracted from participants’ psychiatric records. Generalized linear models with negative binomial distribution and log link function, as well as chi-square tests, were used to address study aims. Clients with a lifetime atypical/severe NSSI history met criteria for a significantly greater number of psychiatric risk indicators than clients with a lifetime history of common NSSI only; …