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Treatment of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Critical Review and Implications for School Applications
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Shapiro, Amy; Heath, Nancy; Roberts, Elizabeth – School Psychology Forum, 2013
Treatment of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) among adolescents within a school setting poses unique and specific challenges. Further, schools vary in resources available to students, and school psychologists differ in training regarding interventions for youth who self-injure. Currently there are no evidence-based approaches to the assessment and…
Descriptors: Injuries, Self Destructive Behavior, Adolescents, Literature Reviews
Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder: Examination of How Clinical Indicators Are Used by Professionals in the Health Setting
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Treloar, Amanda Jane Commons; Lewis, Andrew J. – Clinical Psychologist, 2009
This paper reviews the history of the recognition of borderline personality disorder as a clinical disorder, followed by a review of the contemporary practice of diagnosing borderline personality disorder in psychiatric settings. Many researchers have cautioned against the conflation of difficult patients with the diagnostic category of borderline…
Descriptors: Health Services, Personality Problems, Identification, Patients
A Brief Screening Measure of Adolescent Risk Behavior
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Lescano, Celia M.; Hadley, Wendy S.; Beausoleil, Nancy I.; Brown, Larry K.; D'eramo, Domenic; Zimskind, Abigail – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2007
This study examined the factor structure and reliability of a brief but comprehensive measure, the adolescent risk inventory (ARI), designed to assess adolescent risk behaviors and attitudes. Measures assessing demographics and risk behaviors were administered to 134 youth (ages 12-19) in psychiatric treatment. A confirmatory factor analysis of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Reliability