Self Mutilation

"Self Mutilation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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The act of injuring one's own body to the extent of cutting off or permanently destroying a limb or other essential part of a body.

Descriptor ID

D012652

MeSH Number(s)

C26.780

F01.145.126.980.750

Concept/Terms

Self Mutilation

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Self Mutilation".

Diseases [C]
Wounds and Injuries [C26]
Self Mutilation [C26.780]
Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Behavioral Symptoms [F01.145.126]
Self-Injurious Behavior [F01.145.126.980]
Self Mutilation [F01.145.126.980.750]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Self Mutilation".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Self Mutilation".

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Self Mutilation" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Self Mutilation" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 28 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2012 and 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
1998	1	1	2
2000	1	0	1
2001	1	0	1
2002	0	2	2
2004	2	0	2
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	1	1	2
2009	1	0	1
2011	0	1	1
2012	1	2	3
2013	2	0	2
2014	1	0	1
2016	3	0	3
2017	1	0	1
2018	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Self Mutilation" by people in Profiles.

Self-insertion of foreign bodies into the orbit and periocular tissue. Orbit. 2019 Dec; 38(6):486-491.

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Suicide attempts and self-injurious behaviours in adolescent and adult patients with borderline personality disorder. Personal Ment Health. 2017 08; 11(3):157-163.

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Penile Replantation: A Retrospective Analysis of Outcomes and Complications. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2017 May; 33(4):227-232.

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The assessment of skin picking in adolescence: psychometric properties of the Skin Picking Scale-Revised (German version). Nord J Psychiatry. 2017 Feb; 71(2):145-150.

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A review of stab wound injuries at a tertiary trauma centre in Singapore: are self-inflicted ones less severe? Singapore Med J. 2016 Jan; 57(1):13-7.

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Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder in adults: a cross-cultural survey of Israeli Jewish and Arab samples. Compr Psychiatry. 2015 Apr; 58:102-7.

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Yubitsume: ritualistic self-amputation of proximal digits among the Yakuza. J Inj Violence Res. 2014 Jul; 6(2):54-6.

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Reasons for self-mutilation reported by borderline patients over 16 years of prospective follow-up. J Pers Disord. 2013 Dec; 27(6):783-94.

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Classification of excoriation (skin picking) disorder: current status and future directions. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2013 Nov; 128(5):406-7.

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Skin picking disorder is associated with other body-focused repetitive behaviors: findings from an internet study. Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2012 Nov; 24(4):292-9.

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