Although veterans with PTSD were specifically targeted because :

• NSSI is substantially underreported among veterans
• Veterans seeking treatment for PTSD have particularly high rates of NSSI Researchers found diagnoses of NSSID to be unrelated to PTSD

Likewise, NSSID was also unrelated to:

• The majority of anxiety disorders
• Substance use disorders
• Eating disorders

However, they did find that veterans who were diagnosed with:

• Depression
• OCD
• Generalized anxiety disorder
• Cannabis use disorder Met more criteria for NSSID