Book excerpt: Professorial Dissertation from the year 2008 in the subject Psychology - Clinic and Health Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, grade: A, Mindanao State University, language: English, abstract: This review focuses on several questions such as whether Self Inflicted Violence (SIV) behavior is universally defined in terms of function and meaning; whether literature and research have adequately studied differences in those who engage in Self Inflicted Violence in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, education, and sexual orientation; and whether contemporary interventions adequately treat and prevent Self Inflicted behavior.