A skin-picking disorder case report: a psychopathological explanation
We describe the case of a 44-year-old woman, without known previous psychiatric history, hospitalized after a significant hemorrhage caused by self-inflicted deep facial dermal lesions (with muscle exposition). Psychopathological possible explanations of this case, as in similar reviewed ones, are r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0047-20852015000200177&lng=en&tlng=en |
| Summary: | We describe the case of a 44-year-old woman, without known previous psychiatric history, hospitalized after a significant hemorrhage caused by self-inflicted deep facial dermal lesions (with muscle exposition). Psychopathological possible explanations of this case, as in similar reviewed ones, are related to frustration, aggression, and impulsivity. |
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| ISSN: | 1982-0208 |