They may offer alternative explanations for their injuries, or conceal their scars with clothing. Self-harm in such individuals may not be associated with suicidal or para-suicidal behavior. People who self-harm are not usually seeking to end their own life; it has been suggested instead that they are using self-harm as a coping mechanism to relieve emotional pain or discomfort or as an attempt to communicate distress.Studies of individuals with developmental disabilities (such as intellectual disability) have shown self-harm being dependent on environmental factors such as obtaining attention or escape from demands. Some individuals may have dissociation harboring a desire to feel real or to fit into societys rules. Signs and symptoms
Eighty percent of self-harm involves stabbing or cutting the skin with a sharp object, sometimes breaking through the skin entirely. However, the number of self-harm methods are only limited by an individuals inventiveness and their determination to harm themselves; this includes burning, self-poisoning, alcohol abuse, self-embedding of objects, hair pulling, bruising/hitting ones self, scratching to hurt ones self, knowingly abusing over-the-counter or prescription drugs, and forms of self-harm related to anorexia and bulimia. The locations of self-harm are often areas of the body that are easily hidden and concealed from the detection of others. As well as defining self-harm in terms of the act of damaging the body, it may be more accurate to define self-harm in terms of the intent, and the emotional distress that the person is attempting to deal with. Neither the DSM-IV-TR nor the ICD-10 provide diagnostic criteria for self-harm.
Dysequilibrium syndrome may refer to:

Cerebellar ataxia, mental retardation, and dysequilibrium syndrome 1 (CAMRQ1), an autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia associated with the VLDLR gene
Cerebellar ataxia, mental retardation, and dysequilibrium syndrome 2 (CAMRQ2), an autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia associated with the WDR81 gene
Cerebellar ataxia, mental retardation, and dysequilibrium syndrome 3 (CAMRQ3), an autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia associated with the CA8 gene
Cerebellar ataxia, mental retardation, and dysequilibrium syndrome 4 (CAMRQ4), an autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia associated with the ATP8A2 gene