Self-Mutilation Among Patients With Psychiatric Disorders Referred to Lavasani Hospital, 2013 - 2014
| Autor: | Ehsan Shahverdi, Fatemeh Naseri Atashani, Mohammad Amin Konjedi, Yasaman Vakiloroaya, Seyyedeh Maryam Vahdat Shariatpanahi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
lcsh:RT1-120
050103 clinical psychology Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:Nursing business.industry 05 social sciences medicine.disease Trunk 030227 psychiatry Kowsar Substance abuse 03 medical and health sciences Exact test 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Schizophrenia Medicine Abdomen 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences business Psychiatry Borderline personality disorder Depression (differential diagnoses) |
| Zdroj: | Jundishapur Journal of Chronic Disease Care, Vol 5, Iss 4 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 2322-4207 |
| Popis: | Background Self-injury is defined as the intentional injuring of one’s own body without apparent suicidal intent. Self-harm is encountered frequently in psychiatric hospitals. Deliberate self-harm may be found in patients with a variety of diagnoses, including substance abuse, major depression, schizophrenia and especially borderline personality disorder. Objectives This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of self-injury and possible relating factors in patients with psychiatric diseases. Patients and Methods In this cross-sectional study, 42 patients with self-injury referred to Lavasani hospital in Tehran, Iran, were selected by random sampling during 2013 - 2014. The prevalence of self-injury, site and tools of self-injury and also possible contributing factors were evaluated. T-test and Fisher’s exact test were used to analyze data. Results Mean distribution of self-injury in patients was 12.5%. Sharp object was the tool of injury in 90.5% of the patients, 4.8% by fire, 2.4% by stone and 2.4% by other attempted to self-injury. In 76.2% of the patients extremities were the site of injury. In 19%, 2.4% and 2.4% head and neck, trunk and abdomen were the sites of injury, respectively. There was a significant association between type of disorder and tool and body site of self-injury (P < 0.001). Conclusions It can be concluded that schizophrenia and drug-induced psychotic disorder were the most common types of disorders that are at risk of self-injury. |
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