Management of Self-Mutilation: Confrontation and Integration of Psychotherapy and Psychotropic Drug Treatment

The management of diverse types of self-mutilation is discussed with a particular emphasis on the selective use of open confrontation of the dissimulating patient with the self-inflicted nature of the lesions. Integration of psychotherapy with psychotropic drug treatment in self-mutilating patients...

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Published in:Psychotherapy and psychosomatics 1989-01, Vol.51 (4), p.180-186
Main Author: Van Moffaert, Myriam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cohort Studies
Combined Modality Therapy
Factitious Disorders - therapy
Humans
Physician-Patient Relations
Psychotherapy - methods
Psychotropic Drugs - therapeutic use
Referral and Consultation
Self Mutilation - psychology
Self Mutilation - therapy
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Summary:The management of diverse types of self-mutilation is discussed with a particular emphasis on the selective use of open confrontation of the dissimulating patient with the self-inflicted nature of the lesions. Integration of psychotherapy with psychotropic drug treatment in self-mutilating patients is a necessity.
ISSN:0033-3190
1423-0348
DOI:10.1159/000288154