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Cardiac arrest after anesthetic management in a patient with hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy type IV

open access: yesSaudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2011
Hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy type IV is a rare disorder with an autosomal recessive transmission and characterized by self-mutilation due to a lack in pain and heat sensation.
Ergül Yakup   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The role of adverse childhood experiences in risky behaviors, health care utilization, and generalized self-efficacy in the general adult Polish population

open access: yesArchives of Medical Science, 2020
Introduction The present study evaluated whether adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are significantly and independently associated with six key outcomes in the Polish general population: (1) lifetime suicide attempt, (2) self-mutilation, (3) potential ...
Dominika Berent, Marcin Wojnar
doaj   +1 more source

Becoming monstrous: Beauty norms, body image, and discursive limits on compassion in The Substance

open access: yesNutrition &Dietetics, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim This study analyses the Hollywood body horror film The Substance to explore how Western beauty culture regulates emotions and bodies. It aims to explore compassion within dominant body image discourses and considers how this impacts dietetic care. Methods Using Foucauldian discourse analysis informed by affect theory, the film was analysed
Phillip Joy
wiley   +1 more source

Counsellors' perceptions of client progression when working with clients who intentionally self-injure and the impact such work has on the therapist [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Over thirty years ago the issue of intentional self-harm was viewed as exceptionally challenging for practitioners providing care for clients who engaged in this behaviour and today counsellors continue to struggle with this complex phenomenon.
Fleet, Doreen
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Relation between the level of self-mutilation and theconcentration of fecal metabolites of glucocorticoids incaptive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

open access: yesPesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2015
The influence of stress in an environment, according with the behavioral and endocrine variables of primates, are increasingly being studied by a diversity of authors, and have shown that abnormal behaviors associated with increased glucocorticoids may ...
Cristiane S. Pizzutto   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unravelling Evolutionary Dynamics of Female Sexual Cannibalism and Male Reproductive Strategies in Spiders

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Sexual cannibalism (SC), where one mating partner consumes the other in the context of mating, is especially prevalent among spiders. However, the evolution of SC in spiders is still not fully understood. We review key hypotheses for SC and explore how female‐initiated SC has driven the evolution of various male counter‐adaptations to mitigate its ...
Simona Kralj‐Fišer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

On 3‐MMC: A Cathinone I Have Come to Know and Love

open access: yesAnthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article attempts to complicate the mythology of a compound in a state of becoming. I will trace lightly its origins as a cultural disruptor and how I am implicated in this imperative. Introducing you to 3‐MMC will require multiple modes of storytelling and taking of liberties, drawing on literature reviews, practice‐based research, prose,
Carmen Ostrander
wiley   +1 more source

Listening with your eyes: Using pictures and words to explore self-harm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background Why do people harm themselves intentionally and sometimes painfully and repeatedly even when they do not wish to die? This thesis explores that question using traditional and non-traditional research approaches.
Edmondson, Amanda Jane
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Self-amputation of testis: a case of compulsive masturbation

open access: yesUrology Research and Practice, 2019
Self-harming behaviors include cutting, burning, needle sticking, and severe scratching. Self-mutilation usually serves a different purpose than attempting at killing one’s self.
Tanveer Iqbal Dar   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Occurrence of wound infections after perineal tears and perineal assessment in postpartum care: A prospective cohort study

open access: yesActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.
Perineal wound infections requiring medical intervention were rare. Half of the participants had their tears inspected at the 6‐week follow‐up, while many who were not preferred an assessment. Our data reveal a discrepancy between women's preferences for perineal assessments and the clinical rationale for conducting them concerning wound infections ...
Jeanette Risløkken   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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