Citation

Birrer RB, Robinson T, Rao S, Leber M. J. Emerg. Med. 1993; 11(1): 27-31.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn & Queens, Inc., Jamaica, NY 11432.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8445183

Abstract

The self-mutilating patient is an unusual psychiatric presentation in the emergency department (ED). Nonetheless, serious underlying psychiatric pathology and drug abuse are important background risk factors. A careful stepwise approach in the ED is essential, although the prognosis, follow-up, and eventual rehabilitation are poor.

Language: en