Diagnosis and Assessment of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in the Background of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) refers to deliberate and repeated acts of damaging one's own body tissue without suicidal intent. It is usually related to depression, bipolar disorder (BD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and borderline personality disorder (BPD). Integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment is one of the effective methods for the treatment of NSSTI at present. In this process, NSSI patients to be evaluated and diagnosed. In addition to the correct clinical diagnosis, it is also necessary to conduct a number of assessments with clinical characteristics of integrated Chinese and Western medicine, including the evaluation of psychological scales, MDQ and HCL-32 for differential diagnosis, severity of depressive and manic and mixed symptoms, family function, and patient's personality characteristics. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), it is necessary to evaluate the TCM syndrome, TCM constitution, as well as the tongue and pulse traits.