Table 2 Treatment setting in NSSI

Outpatient treatment of NSSI

 Outpatient treatment should be initiated if the psychological, social, and academic (or ability to work) level of functioning is sufficient, an ability to cooperate is existent and criteria for inpatient treatment are not met

Inpatient treatment of NSSI

 Acutely suicidal patients must be treated in an inpatient setting at a Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

 Should be initiated in case of severe bodily harm or situations making close supervision necessary

 Ought to be initiated if the environment is detrimental to treatment success

 May be considered, if there is no possibility of achieving sufficient diagnostic assessment in an outpatient setting

 May be considered if no outpatient treatment is available

 May be considered if no sufficient treatment response is achieved in an outpatient or day treatment setting