Citation

Rosen PM, Walsh BW. Am. J. Psychiatry 1989; 146(5): 656-658.

Affiliation

Community Treatment Complex, Worcester, MA 01608.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2712172

Abstract

Contagion of self-mutilation was studied in a treatment program for disturbed adolescents. Statistical analyses and a sociogram revealed that 1) episodes of contagion were significantly associated with specific pairs of subjects, and 2) a few subjects were identified as being at the center of most of the contagion activity.

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