"Self Mutilation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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 ID |
D012652
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C26.780 F01.145.126.980.750
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Self Mutilation" by people in Profiles.
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The Association of Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Emotional Experiences with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Young Adults. Arch Suicide Res. 2015; 19(4):401-13.
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The risk-taking and self-harm inventory for adolescents: development and psychometric evaluation. Psychol Assess. 2010 Dec; 22(4):852-65.
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A preliminary analysis of the phenomenology of skin-picking in Prader-Willi syndrome. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2010 Aug; 41(4):448-63.
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Effectiveness of partial hospitalization in the treatment of borderline personality disorder: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Psychiatry. 1999 Oct; 156(10):1563-9.
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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome: a study of motor behavior and cerebrospinal fluid neurotransmitters. Ann Neurol. 1988 May; 23(5):466-9.
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Orofacial and other self-mutilations. Adv Neurol. 1988; 49:365-81.
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The Overt Aggression Scale for the objective rating of verbal and physical aggression. Am J Psychiatry. 1986 Jan; 143(1):35-9.