Self-harm (
SH) or
deliberate self-harm (
DSH) includes
self-injury (
SI) and
self-poisoning and is defined as the intentional, direct injuring of body tissue most often done without
suicidal intentions. These terms are used in the more recent literature in an attempt to reach a more neutral terminology. The older literature, especially that which predates the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), almost exclusively refers to
self-mutilation. The term
self-harm means the same as
self-injury.