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Is self-harm considered a mental illness?
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It is a symptom of : Emotional problems. It is an unhealthy way of coping with things like feeling empty, anger, self- punishment ect. If you or someone you know used self -harm please encourage them to looking into dialectical behavior therapy. Help is available.
Answered 6/26/2013
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Kind of...: For a long time it was treated as a symptom of other disorders. Recently it was reviewed to be included in the diagnostic manual mental health professionals use, as a disorder of its own. The industry needs to do more research so it wasn't added yet. However, there is research that shows effective ways to treat self-harm
Answered 1/9/2016
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