@article{ref1,
title="Self-mutilation of the eye",
journal="Journal of clinical psychiatry",
year="1979",
author="Crowder, J. E. and Gross, C. A. and Heiser, J. F. and Crowder, A. M.",
volume="40",
number="10",
pages="420-423",
abstract="While the act of self-enucleation is rare, other self-inflicted eye injuries may be more common. Six patients are reported who have documented histories of ocular self-mutilation. Several common factors are observed in these patients and in other cases reported in the literature: (1) the patient was judged to be psychotic; (2) the patient had a tyrannical conscience; (3) a source of guilt was present; (4) this guilt was displaced to the eye; and (5) an attempt at self-inflicted eye injury was followed by relief from anxiety when completed or by frustration when injury was prevented.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0160-6689",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}