Self-mutilation: culture, contexts and nursing responses.

Report of Unusual Self-Mutilation in A Paranoid Schizophrenic Patient

Self-mutilation is defined as intentional damaging of the body without intent to die.  This behavior is observed among groups of psychiatric patients particularly schizophrenics.  In these patients, self-mutilative behavior may have unusual manifestations related to delusion and hallucination.  In this article, an unusual form of self-mutilation of a paranoid schizophrenic patient is reported. ...

Concept analysis of self-mutilation.

AIM This paper is a report of a concept analysis to define and describe self-mutilation. BACKGROUND Although there has been an increased interest in self-mutilation, as evidenced by recent publication of opinion literature, anecdotal reports and a few clinical studies, the concept has not been well developed to guide nursing research and interventions. METHOD Definitions and uses of self-mu...

Nursing staff knowledge and attitudes towards deliberate self-harm in adults and adolescents in an inpatient setting.

BACKGROUND This paper investigates the relationship between care staff perceptions' of self-harm behaviours presented by adult and adolescent inpatients and the emotional responses and helping behaviours of the staff. METHOD Seventy-six nursing staff participated, including qualified and unqualified staff, who worked in either adolescent or adult secure inpatient settings within a single orga...

Culture Disintegration and Syllabus Mutilation to affect Iranian EFL learners' Attitude and Listening Comprehension Skill

A case report of genital self-mutilation in a patient with psychosis

Background: Self-mutilation is one of the most extreme types of self-harm, which is done deliberately to hurt the body, regardless of suicidal intent. In self-mutilation, the most important targets are the eyes, genital tract, and hands. So far, genital self-mutilation (GSM) has been less frequently reported around the world. According to our study, this is the first case of GSM reported in Ira...