Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors: Risk, Mechanisms, and Clinical Intervention
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2026 | Viewed by 95
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors, including suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), remain some of the most urgent issues in modern mental health research and clinical practice. Although these phenomena are connected, they are not identical, and significant questions still exist about their shared and unique risk factors, developmental stages, and clinical outcomes.
This Special Issue aims to gather current research that enhances understanding of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors across diverse populations and clinical settings. We invite submissions exploring psychological, interpersonal, developmental, social, and psychiatric factors related to suicide and NSSI. The focus will also include clinical studies such as emotion dysregulation, trauma, adversity, hopelessness, interpersonal stress, social disconnection, sleep disturbances, and psychiatric comorbidity. Additionally, research on resilience and protective factors will be highlighted.
Submissions may include studies on risk detection, longitudinal predictors, as well as innovations in intervention and prevention. We welcome original empirical research and clinically relevant work.
This Special Issue aims to improve understanding by highlighting the common and unique processes behind self-injurious thoughts and behaviors, encouraging more accurate ideas and better clinical practices for prevention and treatment.
Dr. Sami Hamdan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- self-injurious thoughts and behaviors
- suicide
- suicidal ideation
- suicide attempts
- non-suicidal self-injury
- NSSI
- self-harm
- emotion dysregulation
- trauma
- risk factors
- resilience
- prevention
- clinical intervention
- adolescents
- young adults
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