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I'm trying to bring this article to a state where it could survive a good article review, as currently it's nowhere near GA standards. Due to the widespread use of low-quality webpages as sources here, it's gotten by so far without a citation style geared toward paginated sources. For a few I've just added, I've used ((rp))s, but I find in this kind of article usually ((sfn))s are the most straightforward to use to be clear about what verifies what. And switching to sfns is often a good way to visualize the citation structure of an article, and what issues it might have.
(Please note, I'm not criticizing anyone who's contributed to this article to date. GA standards have changed. Medical sourcing standards have changed. We just need to bring this article in sync with them.) -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 20:22, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
Some things I'm taking note of as I work on this, in no particular order
[Lede] Self-harm is, in the broadest sense, any deliberate harm of one's own body. When defined as distinct from suicide and suicide attempt, it generally encompasses non-suicidal self-injury and self-poisoning (including intentional drug overdose). A common form of self-injury is cutting, lacerating the skin with sharp objects; other common forms include burning, scratching, and hitting oneself.
[Classification and terminology] The terminology used for self-harm has varied over time, across regions, and across medical authorities. Some sources, including most sources in the United Kingdom, use self-harm (SH) or deliberate self-harm (DSH) to refer to any intentional damage of the body, including suicide and attempted suicide. Others narrow the definition to non-suicidal acts; this is the definition used in this article. While self-harm is sometimes used interchangeably with self-injury (SI), many sources (and this article) define the latter as intentional tissue damage with physical objects, with self-harm also covering self-poisoning (including intentional drug overdose, IDO). Some sources (but not this article) also include as self-harm tissue damage that results from eating disorders or substance abuse. Self-harm and self-injury may be specified as non-suicidal (NSSH or NSSI) or emphasized as deliberate (DSH or DSI), although it may not always be feasible to infer the intent of someone who has self-harmed, and some object to DSH as judgmental.
[And then stuff on less-used and related terms, with self-injurious behavior as most common. NICE's explicit standards also belong in here somewhere.]
-- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 21:03, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
not feeling loved , trauma , feeling constantly bad 2601:406:4200:12E0:1970:A4CD:9B0B:9F1B (talk) 21:34, 27 September 2023 (UTC)