Nonsuicidal self-injury in Indian adolescents: Nonexistent or unacknowledged?

Shilpa Aggarwal; Michael Berk

doi:10.1177/0020764015579739

Nonsuicidal self-injury in Indian adolescents: Nonexistent or unacknowledged?

Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2015 Aug;61(5):516-7. doi: 10.1177/0020764015579739.

Authors

Shilpa Aggarwal¹, Michael Berk²

Affiliations

¹ Orygen Youth Health Research Centre and the Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia shilpazq@gmail.com.
² Orygen Youth Health Research Centre and the Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia IMPACT Strategic Research Centre (Barwon Health), School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.

PMID: 26209701
DOI: 10.1177/0020764015579739

Abstract

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) has been a neglected entity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In this correspondence (letter to the editor), authors are advocating for greater research in this area in LMICs as it will help to compare and contrast prevalence rates of NSSI in these countries with high-income countries (HICs), identify context-specific risk and protective factors to better understand the pathophysiology of NSSI and devise context-specific interventions resulting in improvement in adolescent mental health worldwide.

Keywords: Nonsuicidal self-injury; adolescents; low- and middle-income countries.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Asian People
Developing Countries / classification*
Humans
India
Mental Health
Self-Injurious Behavior / epidemiology*
Socioeconomic Factors