Today’s Social Work Podcast looks at the issue of non-suicidal self injury, or NSSI. According to the
International Society for the Study of Self-Injury, NSSI is the intentional destruction of body tissue without suicidal intent and for purposes not socially sanctioned. I spoke with
Jennifer Muehlenkamp, Ph.D., associate professor at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, and one of the world’s leading experts in NSSI. In today’s episode, Jennifer and I talked about the definition of NSSI, the intersection between suicidal and non-suicidal self-injury, and some things that clinicians should and should not do when working with clients who self-injure.
We ended our conversation with some speculation on the future of NSSI as a stand-alone psychiatric disorder in the DSM-5.
