TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Personality disorder and self-wounding
JO  - British journal of psychiatry
A1  - Tantam, D.
A1  - Whittaker, J.
SP  - 451
EP  - 464
VL  - 161
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1250
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.161.4.451
ID  - ref1
ER  -