Self-Inflicted Eye-Injuries

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 1987 English Publisher:Royal College of PsychiatristsJournal:British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 151, pages 691-693 (issn: 0007-1250, eissn: 1472-1465,

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Authors: Tim Rogers; Ian Pullen;

doi: 10.1192/bjp.151.5.691

pmid: 3446315

Self-Inflicted Eye-Injuries

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Abstract

Three cases of self-inflicted eye injuries are described and discussed. A review of the literature shows that several psychiatric diagnoses have been assigned to those who mutilate their eyes, and various unconscious mechanisms proposed to explain this unusual phenomenon.

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Royal Edinburgh Hospital
United Kingdom
NHS Lothian
United Kingdom

Keywords

Adult, Male, Eye Injuries, Self Mutilation, Humans, Female, Aged

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