self-injury

American  

[self-in-jer-ee] / ˈsɛlfˈɪn dʒər i /

noun

self-injuries plural

1. the act, practice, or result of injuring oneself, especially deliberately as a manifestation of mental or emotional distress; self-harm.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• self-injurious
  adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

• self-injuries
  plural

Example Sentences

In addition to being used to treat depression and bipolar disorder, ECT is also used for schizophrenia, catatonia, and, more recently, self-injury in people with autism, among other conditions.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2023

Meta on Tuesday outlined steps it has taken to protect teens on its platforms, including age- verification technology and technology that finds and removes content related to suicide, self-injury or eating disorders.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Clinical trials have shown that DBT successfully reduces some of the key features of borderline, such as self-injury and suicidal behavior and hospitalizations, as well as other symptoms.

From Scientific American • Jan. 19, 2022

Harford, Howard and Carroll counties said they do not monitor student devices for warning signs of self-injury.

From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2021

If he had erred at all it was in an over-sensitiveness to conscience, for conscience has ever been a tricky master, often betraying its too-willing slaves to their own self-injury.

From The Calling of Dan Matthews by Wright, Harold Bell