Self-inflicted injuries in childhood. A review and diagnostic approach.
Eleven clinical and behavioral syndromes that can result in self-inflicted injury in childhood and adolescence are reviewed and classified. The causes and remedies of such injuries vary both among and within these 11 classes. Pediatricians should be alert to the possible presence and meaning of self-injury.
D000293:Adolescent; D001497:Battered Child Syndrome; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000150:complications; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D007926:Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior