conclusions it can be concluded that schizophrenia and drug-induced psychotic disorder were the most common types of disorders that are at risk of self-injury. background self-injury is defined as the intentional injuring of one’s own body without apparent suicidal intent. self-harm is encountered frequently in psychiatric hospitals. deliberate self-harm may be found in patients with a variety ...

OBJECTIVE Self-mutilation has traditionally been associated with borderline personality disorder, and seldom examined separately from suicide attempts. Clinical experience suggests that self-mutilation is common in bipolar disorder. METHODS A family study was conducted on the molecular genetics of depression and personality, in which the proband had been treated for depression. All probands a...

This clinical report involves self-mutilation of the lips and oral mucosa by a child who presented at 18 months with profound retardation secondary to congenital toxoplasmosis. The etiology of self-mutilation, dental management, and the need to individualize treatment are discussed. Self-mutilation -repetitive acts which result in obvious physical damage to the individual’s bodyis seen in 7.7-1...

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...

Self-mutilation is a general term for a variety of forms of intentional self-harm without the wish to die. Although there have been many reports of self-mutilation injuries in the literature, none have reported self-cannibalism after self-mutilation. In this article we present a patient with self-cannibalism following self-mutilation. A 34-year-old male patient was brought to the emergency depa...

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...

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. ...

INTRODUCTION Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious public health problem. It is associated with high levels of mental health service utilization, an important degree of psychosocial impairment and a high rate of suicide (10%). BPD is a common psychiatric disorder and the most frequent personality disorders. Approximately, 15 to 50% of psychiatric inpatients and 11% of psychiatric o...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to describe the development of self-mutilation after extensive dorsal rhizotomy of the brachial plexus performed during early ontogeny in rats. SETTINGS AND DESIGN The rhizotomy was performed in three groups of rats according to the central nervous system maturation: infant, young, and adult. After the surgery the occurrence of self-mutilation behavior was ...

Unilateral dorsal rhizotomy of brachial plexus nerves (C5-Th1) performed under general anesthesia is known to induce self-mutilation in rats. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of different anesthetic agents, and of pre-rhizotomy nociceptive stimulation on the appearance of self-mutilation. Self-mutilation appeared in 78% of animals after rhizotomy had been performed under pentob...