CURRENT CONCEPTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SELF-HARMING BEHAVIOUR

Volume 31, Number 5 (2021)

Sergey Igumnov, Sergey Davidovsky, Robert Iskandarov, Olga Iskandarova Abstract Several biological risk factors for suicidal and self-har­ming behaviour have now been identified. The differen­ces relate to changes in key neurotransmitter systems (serotonergic, polyamine stress response, glutamatergic and GABAergic systems), inflammatory response, astro­glial dysfunction, neuronal plasticity factor, confirming the need to differentiate between those motivated to…