The Efficacy of a Cognitive-Behavioural Intervention in Deliberate Self-Harm Patients
Self-Injurious Behavior
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Self-Injurious Behavior focused on measuring Deliberate Self-Harm,, cognitive-behavioural therapy,, integrative approach
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: DSH patients will be included if they recently have been engaged in an act of DSH including overdoses of medication, ingestion of chemical substances and self-inflicted injuries according to the definition which is used in the WHO/Euro Multicentre Study on parasuicide: "An act with non-fatal outcome in which an individual deliberately initiates a non-habitual behaviour, that without intervention from others will cause self-harm, or deliberately ingests a substance in excess of the prescribed or generally recognised dosage, and which is aimed at realising changes that the person desires via the actual or expected physical consequences" (Platt et al., 1992). In addition, only DSH patients aged 15-35 will be included. Exclusion Criteria: DSH patients with severe psychiatric disorders requiring intensive long-term psychiatric treatment, such as schizophrenia, will be excluded.
Sites / Locations
- Leiden University Medical CenterRecruiting
- MCH WesteindeRecruiting