A Rare Case of Imitation Injury

The impact of media on cognitions and behaviors of adolescents is well-known. High frequency of exposure to media may distort the reality testing among predisposed youth, hence the rise in risk taking behaviors among this population. We present a rare manifestation of risk taking behavior in an adol...

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Autores principales: Srivastava, Paakhi, Gupta, Rishab, Varshney, Mohit, Sharan, Pratap
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24860231
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.131005
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author Srivastava, Paakhi
Gupta, Rishab
Varshney, Mohit
Sharan, Pratap
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description The impact of media on cognitions and behaviors of adolescents is well-known. High frequency of exposure to media may distort the reality testing among predisposed youth, hence the rise in risk taking behaviors among this population. We present a rare manifestation of risk taking behavior in an adolescent who injected mercury in his body after exposure to a Hollywood film. The results of investigations and possible explanation to understand risk taking behavior in the present case are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-40315982014-05-23 A Rare Case of Imitation Injury Srivastava, Paakhi Gupta, Rishab Varshney, Mohit Sharan, Pratap Indian J Psychol Med Case Report The impact of media on cognitions and behaviors of adolescents is well-known. High frequency of exposure to media may distort the reality testing among predisposed youth, hence the rise in risk taking behaviors among this population. We present a rare manifestation of risk taking behavior in an adolescent who injected mercury in his body after exposure to a Hollywood film. The results of investigations and possible explanation to understand risk taking behavior in the present case are discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4031598/ /pubmed/24860231 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.131005 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine 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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