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Self-Mutilation, Obsessionality and Narcissism

1975; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 127; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1192/bjp.127.2.127

1472-1465

Angela R. Gardner, Alan J. Gardner,

Sexual function and dysfunction studies

A controlled study of the clinical and biographical features of 22 female repeated self-cutters is described. The results of the assessment of these patients, using the Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire and the Obsessive-Compulsive section of the Tavistock Inventory, is presented. The marked obsessionality of these patients is emphasized and the possible implications of these findings for treatment is discussed.