Self-inflicted eye injuries.
Five cases of self-inflicted eye injury are described and discussed. A review of the literature shows that several psychiatric diagnoses have been assigned to people who damage their eyes. A variety of mechanisms to explain this phenomenon are described.
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Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, Merseyside.
al-Bachari
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Kambhampati
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000523:psychology*