danger to self
Self-harm potential
Danger to self is a clinical and legal term for behavior or mental state indicating someone may harm themselves, typically through suicide or self-injury.
The phrase appears in psychiatric evaluations, involuntary commitment proceedings, and crisis assessments: The patient was admitted as a danger to self.
Often paired with "danger to others" when evaluating whether someone requires intervention or hospitalization.
- harm reductionMinimizing adverse outcomes pragmatically
- suicideVoluntary death by oneself
- suicidal thoughtsContemplation of ending oneself
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- mental health crisisSevere psychological distress episode
overdose · cutting · ideation · despair · hopelessness · dark place · razor · pills · bridge · ledge · last resort · intervention · hospitalization · watch · risk · assessment · warning signs · reaching out
- psychiatric lawinvoluntary commitment, involuntary treatment, mental health law, mental health courts, 72-hour hold
danger to selfsafety
Freedom from harm
self-preservation · self-protection · personal safety · security · wellbeing
danger to selfself-care
Maintaining personal wellbeing
self-love · self-compassion · self-preservation · self-regard · self-support
danger, dangerous, dangerously, endanger, endangered, endangering, endangerment, self, selves