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Journal of Adolescence, 1982
In this paper, the various theoretical avenues which have been explored in an attempt to understand the difficulties of self‐mutilating patients, have led to the conclusion that the primary problem is in the area of very early symbiotic object relationships, where skin assumes great significance, and where, in these patients, an unclear differentiation
A, Fairbairn, F, Hassanyeh
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In this paper, the various theoretical avenues which have been explored in an attempt to understand the difficulties of self‐mutilating patients, have led to the conclusion that the primary problem is in the area of very early symbiotic object relationships, where skin assumes great significance, and where, in these patients, an unclear differentiation
A, Fairbairn, F, Hassanyeh
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Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1984
Self-mutilation presents great diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties and the financial expenditure involved in its treatment is considerable. The ten patients comprising the present investigation were on average hospitalized for 314 days and were operated on 15 times. Only two can be considered to have recovered.
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Self-mutilation presents great diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties and the financial expenditure involved in its treatment is considerable. The ten patients comprising the present investigation were on average hospitalized for 314 days and were operated on 15 times. Only two can be considered to have recovered.
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Annals of African Medicine, 2010
We present a case report of a 22-year-old Nigerian student who presented to the accident and emergency unit of a Nigerian Teaching Hospital with a history of self-inflicted genital injury following a suicide attempt. He had background history of predisposition to depressive illness, a current diagnosis of a major depressive disorder, and had had two ...
Ajape, A A. +5 more
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We present a case report of a 22-year-old Nigerian student who presented to the accident and emergency unit of a Nigerian Teaching Hospital with a history of self-inflicted genital injury following a suicide attempt. He had background history of predisposition to depressive illness, a current diagnosis of a major depressive disorder, and had had two ...
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THE JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE, 1970
Self-mutilation as a compulsive act is rare; self-inflicted injury to the eyes, other than enucleation, is also rare. Only two instances of eye banging, similar to that of the patient whose history was presented, were found in the world literature. While the patient's disorder descriptively and psy-
J L, Stinnett, M H, Hollender
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Self-mutilation as a compulsive act is rare; self-inflicted injury to the eyes, other than enucleation, is also rare. Only two instances of eye banging, similar to that of the patient whose history was presented, were found in the world literature. While the patient's disorder descriptively and psy-
J L, Stinnett, M H, Hollender
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International Journal of Urology, 2006
Abstract A 53‐year‐old man was brought to the emergency department having removed both testicles and amputated his penis using a bread knife. Examination of the amputated penis showed it to be unsuitable for an attempted replant procedure. The patient was taken to theatre where the perineal wound was debrided and the remaining urethra brought down as ...
Helen, Stunell +3 more
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Abstract A 53‐year‐old man was brought to the emergency department having removed both testicles and amputated his penis using a bread knife. Examination of the amputated penis showed it to be unsuitable for an attempted replant procedure. The patient was taken to theatre where the perineal wound was debrided and the remaining urethra brought down as ...
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British Journal of Medical Psychology, 1978
A controlled study of self-mutilators found them to be significantly more introverted, neurotic and hostile. They report excessive physical punishment in childhood, sado-masochistic fantasies and more suicidal attempts.
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A controlled study of self-mutilators found them to be significantly more introverted, neurotic and hostile. They report excessive physical punishment in childhood, sado-masochistic fantasies and more suicidal attempts.
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American Journal of Nursing, 1997
TOPIC. The phenomenon of self‐mutilating behnvior. PURPOSE. Self‐mutilating behavior (SMB) creates serious management problems in psychiatric settings and typically begins in adolescence. In order to plan and provide effective nursing interventions, it is necessary nurses be knowledgeable about the phenomenon.
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TOPIC. The phenomenon of self‐mutilating behnvior. PURPOSE. Self‐mutilating behavior (SMB) creates serious management problems in psychiatric settings and typically begins in adolescence. In order to plan and provide effective nursing interventions, it is necessary nurses be knowledgeable about the phenomenon.
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The functions of self-mutilation
Clinical Psychology Review, 1998While pathological self-mutilating behavior has been clinically examined for over 65 years, and much of the literature hypothesizes some function for the behavior, there has been little attempt to integrate or differentiate between different functional ideas.
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Self-Mutilation in Female Psychopaths
British Journal of Psychiatry, 1968Rampton is a Special Hospital catering mainly for subnormal and psychopathic patients with histories of dangerous and violent behaviour. Earlier work (McKerracher, Street, Segal, 1966) had shown that female patients were significantly more prone than males to mutilate their own bodies and smash hospital property.
D W, McKerracher +2 more
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Self-Mutilation and the Borderline Personality
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1982As part of a larger study of pathological self-injury, 14 self-mutilators and 14 psychiatric controls matched for age, sex, and inpatient/outpatient status were administered the Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines. Consistent with Gunderson's theory of borderline personality disorder, the self-mutilators scored significantly higher on impulse-action ...
C B, Schaffer +2 more
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