Neurobiologie und Umweltfaktoren im Kontext der nicht suizidalen Selbstverletzung

M. Kaess; R. Brunner

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1628474

Nervenheilkunde, Table of Contents

Nervenheilkunde 2013; 32(01/02): 17-23
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1628474

Selbstverletzendes Verhalten

Schattauer GmbH

Neurobiologie und Umweltfaktoren im Kontext der nicht suizidalen Selbstverletzung

Neurobiology and environment in the context of nonsuicidal self-injury

Authors

M. Kaess

¹Sektion Störungen der Persönlichkeitsentwicklung, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

²Orygen Youth Health, Melbourne, Australien
R. Brunner

¹Sektion Störungen der Persönlichkeitsentwicklung, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

Abstract

Zusammenfassung

Die nicht suizidale Selbstverletzung (NSSV) ist ein häufiges und in seiner Prävalenz vermutlich zunehmendes Phänomen unter jungen Menschen. Das wissenschaftliche und öffentliche Interesse an der NSSV hat im letzten Jahrzehnt enorm zugenommen, was zu einem immensen Wissenszuwachs und besseren Verständnis der NSSV bei Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen geführt hat. Nichtsdestotrotz gibt es hinsichtlich der Entstehung der NSSV mehr offene Fragen als Antworten. Diese Übersichtsarbeit versucht die Forschung hinsichtlich neurobiologisch und umweltbedingter Faktoren, die in der Entstehung der NSSV wahrscheinlich eine Rolle spielen, darzustellen und diese Faktoren in ein gemeinsames Modell zur Entwicklung der NSSV zu integrieren.

Summary

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a common and probably increasing phenomenon amongst youth. Scientific but also public interest has enormously increased during the past decade which led to a dramatic increase of knowledge and a better understanding of NSSI in youth. Nevertheless, there are still more open questions than answers regarding the development of NSSI. This review tries to summarise previous research on neurobiological and environmental factors, which are supposed to play a role in the development of NSSI; and to integrate these factors in a common model of the development of NSSI.

Schlüsselwörter

Selbstverletzung - Selbstschädigung - Neurobiologie - Umwelt - Jugendliche

Keywords

Self-injury - self-harm - neurobiology - environment - adolescents

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