@article{ref1,
title="Personality disorder and self-wounding",
journal="British journal of psychiatry",
year="1992",
author="Tantam, D. and Whittaker, J.",
volume="161",
number="",
pages="451-464",
abstract="At least 1 in 600 adults wound themselves sufficiently to need hospital treatment. More men than women do it, although more women receive psychological treatment. Many have a history of sexual or physical abuse. Self-wounding differs from other self-harm in being aimed neither at mutilation nor at death. Self-wounding coerces others and relieves personal distress. Repeated self-wounding is one criterion of borderline personality disorder but we prefer to consider it an 'addictive' behaviour rather than an expression of a wider disorder. Psychological management may need to be augmented by drug or social treatment. Carers, including professional carers, usually need help to contain the turbulence that self-wounding produces.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-1250",
doi="10.1192/bjp.161.4.451",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.161.4.451"
}