Self Mutilation - Prevention & control
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Descriptions of help by Finnish adolescents who self-mutilate.

30 Jan 2009 PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to describe help from the viewpoint of self-mutilating Finnish adolescents. METHODS: Methodological triangulation was used in data collection. Written descriptions were provided by 62 self-mutilating adolescents ... Read more...

How repeated 15-minute assertiveness training sessions reduce wrist cutting in patients with borderline personality disorder.

30 Dec 2008 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this work was to examine a possible treatment for patients with borderline personality disorder who have wrist-cutting syndrome, a condition characterized by repeated, superficial wrist cutting in a non-suicidal fashion. Within ... Read more...

Descriptions of self-mutilation among Finnish adolescents: a qualitative descriptive inquiry.

30 Dec 2007 The purpose of this study was to describe self-mutilation from the perspectives of self-mutilating adolescents. A qualitative descriptive design was adopted. Self-mutilating adolescents were asked to write descriptions of their self-mutilation. Data ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Self Mutilation - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Descriptions of help by Finnish adolescents who self-mutilate. 30 Jan 2009
• How repeated 15-minute assertiveness training sessions reduce wrist cutting in patients with borderline personality disorder. 30 Dec 2008
• Descriptions of self-mutilation among Finnish adolescents: a qualitative descriptive inquiry. 30 Dec 2007
• A case report of bilateral autoenucleation and its prevention. 29 Nov 2007
• [Planned hospitalization after deliberate self-harm] 29 May 2007
• Self-mutilation and coping strategies in a college sample. 30 Mar 2007
• [Self-mutilation from a forensic medicine viewpoint] 30 Mar 2007
• The use of stock fluoride trays in the management of soft tissue trauma in children who are comatose. 30 Dec 2006
• Ethical guidelines on iatrogenic and self-induced infertility. 15 Jul 2006
• A preventive approach to oral self-mutilation in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome: a case report. 29 Jun 2006
• Congenital insensitivity-to-pain with anhidrosis (CIPA): a case report with 4-year follow-up. 19 Apr 2006
• Combination of rat vest, teeth shortening, and nail cutting to prevent autocannibalization and protect surgical flaps. 13 Apr 2006
• Sexual abuse and subsequent suicidal behaviour. Exacerbating factors and implications for recovery. 30 Dec 2005
• Kids who cut: a protocol for public schools. 29 Nov 2005
• Congenital insensitivity to pain--review and report of a case with dental implications. 9 Nov 2005
• Adaptations of mouthguards for patients with special needs. 30 Oct 2005
• Treatment of self-inflicted oral trauma in a comatose patient: a case report. 29 Sep 2005
• No harm done. 30 Aug 2005
• Anesthetic management of a child with congenital insensitivity to pain with anhydrosis. 30 May 2005
• Self mutilation: inward pain turned inside out. 27 Feb 2005

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Technical information about 'Self Mutilation'

Definition: The act of injuring one's own body to the extent of cutting off or permanently destroying a limb or other essential part of a body.

Descriptor UI: D012652

Alternative terms: Self Mutilation; Mutilation, Self;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.866.780; F01.145.126.980.750;

Technical Notes: SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR is also available