title: Automutilation of the cornea. II. Psychiatric aspects.
abstract: In connection with a number of ophthalmological patients in whom automutilation was seen, the background to this behaviour is considered. It is usually seen in patients with a borderline personality. Automutilants differ from simulants. In practice, it is important to avoid confrontation and to look out for 'splitting'. Psychiatric treatment is seldom successful.
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications; D065306:Corneal Injuries; D006281:Health Occupations; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications