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Cases of Self-Mutilation by the Insane [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Mental Science, 1883
Injuries to self, or rather attempts at their infliction, are events of such frequent occurrence that in certain forms of mental disease their probability is indicated by the symptoms, and due precautions are usually adopted in asylums for their prevention, although no previous overt act may have given practical warning of the tendency.
openaire   +3 more sources

Persistent Changes of Nurses' Practices and Working Conditions in High Acuity Settings in the Post‐Pandemic Era: A Qualitative Meta‐Aggregation

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To explore the persistent changes in working conditions and nursing practices in high acuity settings in the post COVID‐19 pandemic era. Design A qualitative systematic review using the meta‐aggregation design of the Joanna Briggs Institute.
Weizhe Sun   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Normal Uricemia in Lesch–Nyhan Syndrome and the Association with Pulmonary Embolism in a Young Child—A Case Report and Literature Review

open access: yesPediatrics and Neonatology, 2014
Deficiency of hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase activity is a rare inborn error of purine metabolism with subsequent uric acid overproduction and neurologic presentations.
Jeng-Dau Tsai   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Loving the Unlovable Body in Yamanaka\u27s Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Lois-Ann Yamanaka’s award-winning yet remarkably neglected Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre (1993) explores female adolescence and coming of age in a rich, polyphonic collection of verse novellas.
Baiada, Christa
core   +1 more source

Factors associated with female genital mutilation in Burkina Faso and its policy implications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background: Female genital mutilation (FGM) usually undertaken between the ages of 1-9 years and is widely practised in some part of Africa and by migrants from African countries in other parts of the world.
Chung, Donna   +3 more
core   +5 more sources

Male genital self-mutilation

open access: yesIndian Journal of Psychiatry, 2011
Psychiatric case reports of male genital self-mutilation (GSM) in the literature are rare and mostly anecdotal. Most of them are connected with personality disorders (Goldfield and Glick, 1970; Wise et al., 1989). In men, psychosis is an important cause for GSM, causing up to 80% of automutilations.
openaire   +3 more sources

Excess Incarceration

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ‘Mass incarceration’, as conventionally understood, refers to an imprisoned population that is both excessive in size and racially skewed in its demographics. However, in contrast to racial skew, the appropriate size of a prison system has largely escaped analysis.
Vincent Chiao
wiley   +1 more source

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome: A case report

open access: yesJournal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 2008
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, a rare inborn error of metabolism, is characterized by mental retardation and self-destructive behavior resulting in self-mutilation through biting and scratching.
Kale A, Shah K, Hallikerimath S
doaj  

A Modified Intraoral Resin Mouthguard to Prevent Self-Mutilations in Lesch-Nyhan Patients

open access: yesInternational Journal of Dentistry, 2014
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, described in 1964 by Lesch and Nyhan, is a X-linked recessive disorder, occurring in 1 : 100000 to 1 : 380000 live births. LNS is characterized by a decrease in activity of hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase, an enzyme ...
Giulia Ragazzini   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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