Research progress on the addictive characteristics of non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents
10.3969/j.issn.1002-0152.2023.09.009
- VernacularTitle:青少年非自杀性自伤行为成瘾属性研究进展
- Author:
Jialing LEI
1
,
2
;
Lan HU
;
Changjian QIU
Author Information
1. 四川大学华西医院心理卫生中心(成都 610041)
2. 电子科技大学成都脑科学临床医院
- Keywords:
Non-suicidal self-injury;
Addictive behavior;
Psychological mechanism;
Neurobiological mecha-nism;
Reward circuitry;
Endogenous opioid system;
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases
2023;49(9):559-564
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Non-suicidal self-injury(NSSI)is a behavior that occurs most often in adolescents.Previous studies showed that this behavior has the addictive related characteristics.Interestingly,the addictive nature of NSSI behavior can be assessed using Ottawa selfinjury inventory(OSI),the higher addiction score indicates the more serious NSSI behavior.From the psychological mechanism,different models show that the addictive feature of NSSI behavior may be related to the behavioral reinforcement mechanism and the interaction mechanism of emotion,cognition,and behavior of susceptible individuals.From the neurobiological mechanisms,opioid and dopamine may mediate the addiction characteristics of NSSI,and the brain reward circuit originated in the midbrain system may play a key role.From the perspective of treatment,current psychotherapy may have advantages in alleviating NSSI behavior,while therapeutic drugs and non-invasive neural regulation of substance use disorders may improve NSSI behavior via alleviating behavioral addiction.In conclusion,NSSI may be an addictive disorder,which needs further verification in the future studies.
