Increased housing of wild nonhuman animals in captivity for conservation, research, and rehabilitation has revealed the importance of systematically analyzing effects of the captive environment on behavior. This study focused on the effects of complexity and time held in captivity on foraging behaviors of wild-caught, adult meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus). Forty-six individuals captured ...

introduction: suicide is the third cause of mortality in america, second leading cause of death in developed countries, and one of the major health problems. self-harm is self-inflicted damage to one’s self with or without suicidal intent. in the present study, the predictive factors of suicide attempt and non-suicidal self-harm were evaluated in patients referred to emergency department (ed) w...

ISSN 1758-2008 10.2217/NPY.10.9 © 2011 Future Medicine Ltd Neuropsychiatry (2011) 1(1), 7–10 Nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior (NSSIB) is a severe form of psychopathology, which a psychiatrist or psychotherapist working with patients suffering from borderline personality disorder (BPD) frequently encounters. We have been working with self-injurious patients for many years and have intensively...

Behavioral consistency has been at the center of debates regarding the stability of personality. We argue that people are consistent but that such consistency is best observed in nonverbal behavior. In Study 1, participants' verbal and nonverbal behaviors were observed in a mock interview and then in an informal interaction. In Study 2, medical students' verbal and nonverbal behaviors were obse...

This study analyzed the effects of noise levels and number of visitors on the behaviors of a mother puma and her daughter in a zoo environment with respect to the time of day. The study monitored visitation (noise and number) over two 1-week periods (4 weeks between periods) and frequency of various puma behaviors (videorecorded). The study analyzed videotaped behavior of the pumas based on the...

Research suggests that adolescents' engagement in nonsuicidal self-injurious (NSSI) behaviors may be increasing over time, yet little is known regarding distal longitudinal factors that may promote engagement in these behaviors. Data from two longitudinal studies are presented to examine whether NSSI may be associated with peer influence processes. Study 1 included 377 adolescents from a commun...

Mental health counselors are facing increased demand to treat both adolescents and adults who present with repetitive non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors, yet there are few empirically supported treatments or general treatment guidelines available. I will review the research on problem-solving and dialectical behavior therapy, two cognitive-behavioral treatments that have the most empirical s...

The aim of the present study was to detect both sociodemographic factors related to possible Internet addiction and the prevalence of this addiction, as well as to determine the relationship between possible Internet addiction and self-injurious behavior, life satisfaction, and the level of loneliness in adolescents attending high school in the city center of Isparta. A cross-sectional analytic...

Chronic self-injurious behavior is a dramatic form of psychopathology which is seen both in severely retarded and in psychotic children. It consists of relatively repetitive self-hitting which may occur in the absence of obvious environmental determinants giving it, thereby, the quality of stereotyped behavior. Examples of selfinjurious activity are hard head banging, slapping and punching of f...