Introduction: Deliberate self harm (DSH) is the term for self inflicted physical injury without suicidal intent. Among plethora of motivations, it is possible to distinguish between psychological, legal and material causes. Methods: Selective literature review and dicsussion. Results: Reliable incidence...
Dear Rachael: Fears for self harm friend Existing classification systems for psychodermatoses tend to lump together those involving self-mutilation. The newly proposed system, however, is limited to psychodermatoses that involve self-inflicted injury, and it provides many more details about the diso...
purpose of gaining medical attention; a term referring to patients who wander from hospital to hospital feigning acute medical or surgical illness and giving false and fanciful information about their medical and social background for no apparent reason other than to gain attention. See:factitious ...
10. Self-Inflicted Injuries Intentional self-harm or injuries caused by suicide attempts are not covered under any health insurance plan. 11. Participation in Hazardous Activities Injuries sustained during high-risk sports, adventure activities (e.g., bungee jumping, scuba diving), or criminal activi...
Intentionally inflicted injury perpetrated by and on family member(s); varieties include spouse abuse, child abuse, and sexual abuse, including incest. Various kinds of abuse, such as sexual abuse, also happen outside the family unit. The American Medical Association and similar organizations outsid...
In addition to surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, other palliative measures can provide symptomatic relief. Dilatation of the narrowed portion of the esophagus with soft tubes can provide short-term relief of dysphagia. Placement of a flexible, self-expanding stent within the narrowed portion is ...
suicide preventionin thenursing interventions classification, anursinginterventiondefined as reducing risk of self-inflicted harm with intent to end life. See alsosuicide. tertiary preventionthe third phase or level of health care, concerned with promotion of independent function and prevention of further...
I’ve been here for twelve days and twelve nights. On the third night, I heard a lot of wild boy noise, but next day we treated no-one for injuries. By the time my twelve days have passed, I realize that I have not seen or treated a single person for human-inflicted injury. And...
39.Dermatitis artefacta: self-inflicted genital injury 机译:假肢皮炎生殖器自我伤害 作者:O Yu Olisova;ES Snarskaya;LM Smirnova;O Grabovskaya;EM Anpilogova 期刊名称:《International Medical Case Reports Journal》 | 2019年第-1期 关键词: factitious dermatitis dermatitis artefacta pathomimia schizoph...
A self-inflicted irritation or injury to the skin. dermatitis herpetiformis A chronic dermatitis characterized by erythematous, papular, vesicular, bullous, or pustular lesions with a tendency to grouping and with intense itching and burning. Etiology It is associated with allergy to gluten and is...