Self Mutilation
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Self-mutilation and suicidal behaviour in Sami and Norwegian adolescents: prevalence and correlates.

30 May 2009 OBJECTIVES: To study the prevalence and psychosocial and ethnocultural correlates of self-mutilation and/or suicidal behaviour in Indigenous Sami and majority Norwegian adolescents in north Norway. STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional questionnaire ... Read more...

Culturally competent assessment and care of self-mutilation in urological nursing.

29 Apr 2009 Use of self-mutilating behaviors as ineffective coping techniques is increasing, and it cuts across cultural and ethnic populations. With increasing immigration, the chance of facing both issues with a single patient is also increasing. Therefore, ... Read more...

Serial stellate ganglion blocks for intractable postherpetic itching in a pediatric patient: a case report.

29 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: While intractable itching may be rarely associated with postherpetic neuralgia, it can have catastrophic complications if present. METHOD: We highlight a severe case of postherpetic itching in a 10-year-old male with Fanconi's and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Self Mutilation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Self-mutilation and suicidal behaviour in Sami and Norwegian adolescents: prevalence and correlates. 30 May 2009
• [Adolescents' scarifications: which meanings?] 30 May 2009
• [Scarification: a sociologist point of view] 30 May 2009
• Culturally competent assessment and care of self-mutilation in urological nursing. 29 Apr 2009
• Serial stellate ganglion blocks for intractable postherpetic itching in a pediatric patient: a case report. 29 Apr 2009
• From feeling too little and too much, to feeling more and less? A nonparadoxical theory of the functions of self-harm. 29 Apr 2009
• Reflections on the brainstem dysfunction in neurologically disabled children. 26 Mar 2009
• Self-amputation of the nipples and penis in a nonpsychotic, non-gender-dysphoric man. 27 Feb 2009
• Lesch-Nyhan disease: from mechanism to model and back again. 27 Feb 2009
• A novel technique for prevention of self-mutilation in three Harris' hawks (Parabuteo unicinctus). 27 Feb 2009
• Descriptions of help by Finnish adolescents who self-mutilate. 30 Jan 2009
• Non-selective cutaneous sensory neurectomy as an alternative treatment for auto-mutilation lesion following arthrodesis in three dogs. 30 Dec 2008
• Improvement and recovery from suicidal and self-destructive phenomena in treatment-refractory disorders. 30 Dec 2008
• How repeated 15-minute assertiveness training sessions reduce wrist cutting in patients with borderline personality disorder. 30 Dec 2008
• Whose identity is it anyway? 30 Dec 2008
• Body integrity identity disorder (BIID)--is the amputation of healthy limbs ethically justified? 30 Dec 2008
• The target of the self and the arrows of volition and self-representation. 30 Dec 2008
• A man with congenital abnormalities and psychotic symptoms. 8 Dec 2008
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-associated dermatitis in a Congo African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus). 29 Nov 2008
• Self-mutilation and suicidal behaviour in children and adolescents: prevalence and psychosocial correlates: results of the BELLA study. 29 Nov 2008

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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