title: Management of self-mutilation. Confrontation and integration of psychotherapy and psychotropic drug treatment.
abstract: The management of diverse types of self-mutilation is discussed with a particular emphasis on the selective use of open confrontation of the dissimulating patient with the self-inflicted nature of the lesions. Integration of psychotherapy with psychotropic drug treatment in self-mutilating patients is a necessity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychodermatology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Moffaert
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs