title: Patterns of contagion in self-mutilation epidemics.
abstract: Contagion of self-mutilation was studied in a treatment program for disturbed adolescents. Statistical analyses and a sociogram revealed that 1) episodes of contagion were significantly associated with specific pairs of subjects, and 2) a few subjects were identified as being at the center of most of the contagion activity.
authors.affiliation: Community Treatment Complex, Worcester, MA 01608.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012944:Social Support