title: Self-inflicted eye injuries.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, Merseyside.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: al-Bachari
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kambhampati
mesh_terms: 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*