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Deliberate Self Harm and Suicide Zubi
Deliberate Self Harm and Suicide Zubi
behavior.
Muhammad Zubair
Assistant Professor INS/KMU
Continuum of Self Protective responses
Continum of Suicide
DEFINITION OF SELF-
HARM:
“The commission of deliberate harm to
one's own body. The injury is done to
oneself, without the aid of another person,
and the injury is severe enough for tissue
damage (such as scarring) to result”
Risk Factors associated with deliberate self
harm
Models of deliberate self harm
Ways to elicit and respond to DSH
SELF-HARMING BEHAVIOURS
SELF-HARMING BEHAVIOURS
Myths
and Facts Myth: Self-harm is a suicide
attempt
Fact: Most people who
engage in Self-harm do so as
a way of staying alive
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