Citation

Pawlicki CM, Gaumer C. Bull. Menninger Clin. 1993; 57(3): 380-389.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Guilford Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8401390

Abstract

Self-mutilative behavior is common among patients with multiple personality and other dissociative disorders. Nursing staff members face particular challenges in managing these patients because one act of self-mutilation can disrupt the entire inpatient milieu. The authors present an approach to nursing care that focuses on working with patients to understand and develop a specific plan to curtail the self-mutilative behavior.

Language: en

Keywords

Affect; Arousal; Countertransference; Dopamine; Female; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Male; Nurse-Patient Relations; Nursing Staff; Peer Group; Psychotherapy; Self Care; Self Mutilation; Serotonin; Suicide