Case study : a patient with severe delusions who self-mutilates

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Lebelo, Lesiba T.
Grobler, Gerhard Paul

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Although some overlapping features exist between self-injury and intention to die, there is growing recognition that non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), including major self-mutilation (MSM), and suicidal behaviour are distinct entities as evidenced by their significance in terms of aetiology, psychiatric impairment, psychological function, method of self-harm and course or outcome between the two phenomena.1 We present a case of self-harm in a mental healthcare user diagnosed with schizophrenia to highlight the distinction made above.

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Self-injury, Suicidal behaviour, Schizophrenia, Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)

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Lebelo LT, Grobler GP. Case study: A patient with severe delusions who self-mutilates. South African Journal of Psychiatry 2020;26(0), a1403. https://DOI.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v26i0.1403.