title: [Open self-injury behavior].
abstract: Patients showing self-mutilation behavior are supposed to be a new group of problematic patients in psychiatric institutions. The theme is presented from an anthropological, phenomenological, nosological and etiological point of view. To understand the genesis we apply biological, behavioristic and psychoanalytical concepts. Finally, using this background therapeutic ideas are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Klinik der Medizinischen Fakultät der RWTH Aachen.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herpertz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sass
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000523:psychology*; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Offene Selbstbeschädigung.