Self-harm behavior: hierarchical and network analysis

Abstract

In the article, the problem of self-harm behavior is considered in a comparative aspect from the standpoint of hierarchical, traditional for psychiatry, and innovative network analysis. The rationale for highlighting non-suicidal behavior as an independent diagnosis is discussed. It is concluded that the analysis of the problem of self-harm behavior demonstrates the presence of many unresolved issues from defining the boundaries of normative (based on youth style preferences) and psychopathological self-harm to finding correlations between suicidal and parasuicidal behavior. An innovative network analysis of psychopathology in the evaluation of this phenomenon needs further substantiation.