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Current Research in Psychiatry

ISSN: 2768-3702

Review Article Open Access
Volume 2 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/Psychiatry.2.025

NSSI addiction and the physician: A narrative literature review and best practices guide

John P. Fernandes1,2, Milan Sivakumar3, Jennifer Zhou3, Sabrina Fernandes2, Raghavi Rajesh4, Christie Spann5,6,#, Thomas Chandy Varkey7,8,9,10,#,*
  • 1Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
  • 2College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  • 3College of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
  • 4College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
  • 5Corona Regional Medical Center, Corona, California, USA
  • 6California Baptist University, Riverside, California, USA
  • 7The Colangelo College of Business, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  • 8The Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
  • 9The College of Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
  • 10College of Medicine-Phoenix, The University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  • #Co-Senior Author
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Corresponding Author

Thomas Chandy Varkey, TVarkey@utexas.edu

Received Date: April 18, 2022

Accepted Date: June 14, 2022

Citation:

Fernandes JP, Sivakumar M, Zhou J, Fernandes S, Rajesh R, Spann C, et al. NSSI addiction and the physician: A narrative literature review and best practices guide. Curr Res Psychiatry. 2022;2(1):15-24.


Copyright: © 2022 Fernandes JP, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Self-injurious behavior or Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) is rapidly increasing in prevalence in the adolescent populations of the western world. Nevertheless, the training and education for physicians concerning this topic remains limited. Combined with NSSI’s tendency to become addictive in nature and continue well past adolescence, this particular issue is important for the physician to understand to provide adequate long-term treatment. Due to the overwhelming responsibility for the physician to understand and treat the entire patient, this particular article looks to clear the muddy waters surrounding NSSI, discuss how it can become an addiction, review the literature, discuss treatments and therapies, and provide key clinical pearls on building and maintaining relationships with patients afflicted by this disorder.

Keywords

Self-harm addiction, Non-suicidal self injury addiction, Physician guide, Literature review, Treatments and therapies, Patient rapport, NSSI, Non-suicidal self injury, Self injury, Perfectionism

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NSSI addiction and the physician: A narrative literature review and best practices guide

Self-injurious behavior or Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) is rapidly increasing in prevalence in the adolescent populations of the western world. Nevertheless, the training and education for physicians concerning this topic remains limited. Combined with NSSI’s tendency to become addictive in nature and continue well past adolescence, this particular issue is important for the physician to understand to provide adequate long-term treatment. Due to the overwhelming responsibility for the physician to understand and treat the entire patient, this particular article looks to clear the muddy waters surrounding NSSI, discuss how it can become an addiction, review the literature, discuss treatments and therapies, and provide key clinical pearls on building and maintaining relationships with patients afflicted by this disorder.

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