Predictors of self-mutilation in patients with schizophrenia.
The authors found that a self-imposed change in physical appearance during the acute phase before hospital admission and a previous act of self-mutilation differentiated self-mutilators from control subjects in a group of patients with schizophrenia. Anticipated object loss and living with others were factors of clinical importance but did not reach statistical significance.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012306:Risk; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000523:psychology*