Case study : a patient with severe delusions who self-mutilates
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Lebelo, Lesiba T.
Grobler, Gerhard Paul
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Abstract
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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Citation
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.