title: [Depersonalization and self-injury].
abstract: Patients with deliberate self harm syndrome and with factitious disorders often describe depersonalisation phenomena, during which they have a diminished pain sensitivity or analgesia. The self-mutilating act can stop the depersonalisation temporarily. Concerning the psychodynamic processes there are common traits between depersonalisation and self-mutilation. The connections between depersonalisation and self-mutilating behaviour are described. Depersonalisation is understood as a defense mechanism, ranging between mature and immature defense mechanisms. An illustrative case is demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eckhardt
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003861:Depersonalization / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D017288:Pain Threshold; D010553:Personality Development; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Depersonalisation und Selbstbeschädigung.