Monitoring Self-Injury in Real Time, with Dr. Glenn Kiekens

<p>How do we assess self-injury differently than 20-30 years ago? Rather than asking someone to remember how they were thinking and feeling when they last self-injured days, weeks, and even months ago, advances in technology allow researchers and clinicians to monitor self-injury and self-harm in real time, as it occurs. In this episode, Dr. Glenn Kiekens discusses the advantages of adapting real-time monitoring (also known as experience sampling or ecological momentary assessment [EMA]) in researching nonsuicidal self-injury as well as the ethical concerns to consider when doing research in real time. </p><p>Learn more about Dr. Kiekens and his work in the Center for Contextual Psychiatry at KU Leuven by clicking <a href="https://gbiomed.kuleuven.be/english/research/50000666/50000673/cpp/" target="_blank">here</a>. Follow Dr. Kiekens on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/gkiekens" target="_blank">@GKiekens</a>. Below are links to some of his research and the resources referenced in this episode:</p><p><a href="https://psyarxiv.com/yp86x" target="_blank">Opening the black box of daily life in non-suicidal self-injury research: With great opportunity comes great responsibility</a> (preprint available at https://psyarxiv.com/yp86x)</p><p><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00214/full" target="_blank">Fluctuations in affective states and self-efficacy to resist non-suicidal self-injury as real-time predictors of non-suicidal self-injurious thoughts and behaviors</a> (2020)</p><p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1176/appi.prcp.20200029" target="_blank">Consensus statement on ethical & safety practices for conducting digital monitoring studies with people at risk of suicide and related behaviors</a> (Nock et al., 2020)</p><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5258190/" target="_blank">Revealing the form and function of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors: A real-time ecological assessment study among adolescents and young adults</a> (Nock, Prinste