Nonsuicidal self-injury and substance use disorders: A shared language of addiction

Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology, 2022

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This paper explores similar language between people posting on Reddit about nonsuicidal self-injury and substance use disorders, namely recovery and support. We found that while people who self-injure conceptualize their condition as an addiction, they experience different comorbidites than people with substance use disorders.

Recommended citation: Giorgi S, Himelein-Wachowiak MK, Habib D, Ungar L, Curtis B. Nonsuicidal self-injury and substance use disorders: A shared language of addiction. Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology. 2022:177-183. doi:10.18653/v1/2022.clpsych-1.15