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Self-harm by severe glossal injury in schizophrenia

Self-mutilation, the deliberate destruction occurs in a variety of psychiatric disorders.Many methods of self-destructive behavior have been described in literature. Patients of schizophrenia are known to attempt self-harm due to command hallucination, catatonic excitement or because of associated d...

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Autores principales: Bhat, Pookala S., Pardal, P. K., Diwakar, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23271870
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.102524
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description Self-mutilation, the deliberate destruction occurs in a variety of psychiatric disorders.Many methods of self-destructive behavior have been described in literature. Patients of schizophrenia are known to attempt self-harm due to command hallucination, catatonic excitement or because of associated depression, however severe glossal injury by biting has not been reported so far.Authors report case of self-harm of glossal injury by biting in schizophrenia. Treatment and management issues are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-35302842012-12-27 Self-harm by severe glossal injury in schizophrenia Bhat, Pookala S. Pardal, P. K. Diwakar, M. Ind Psychiatry J Case Report Self-mutilation, the deliberate destruction occurs in a variety of psychiatric disorders.Many methods of self-destructive behavior have been described in literature. Patients of schizophrenia are known to attempt self-harm due to command hallucination, catatonic excitement or because of associated depression, however severe glossal injury by biting has not been reported so far.Authors report case of self-harm of glossal injury by biting in schizophrenia. Treatment and management issues are discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3530284/ /pubmed/23271870 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.102524 Text en Copyright: © Industrial Psychiatry Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Self-harm by severe glossal injury in schizophrenia
title Self-harm by severe glossal injury in schizophrenia
title_full Self-harm by severe glossal injury in schizophrenia
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title_full_unstemmed Self-harm by severe glossal injury in schizophrenia
title_short Self-harm by severe glossal injury in schizophrenia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23271870
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.102524
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