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Neuroendocrinol Lett · Jan 2009
Case ReportsSelf-harm in adolescence: a girl who swallowed needles.
- Jana Kocourkova, Jiri Koutek, and Michal Hrdlicka.
- Department of Child Psychiatry, Charles University and Motol Hospital, 2nd faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic. jana.kocourkova@lfmotol.cuni.cz
- Neuroendocrinol Lett. 2009 Jan 1; 30 (6): 705-8.
AbstractSelf-harm represents a serious and pathological behavior that occurs most notably during adolescent years and currently seems to be a problem that is on the increase. Self-harm is a self destructive behavior which most frequently takes the form of cutting and burning. Relative to suicidal behavior, self-harm, in and of itself, is not intended to be lethal and tends to be repeated and addictive. However, in cases of self-harm the risk of suicidal behavior cannot be ignored. This presentation is a case study of a girl who engaged in an unusual form of self-harm, by swallowing needles.
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