title: Nursing care of the self-mutilating patient.
abstract: Self-mutilative behavior is common among patients with multiple personality and other dissociative disorders. Nursing staff members face particular challenges in managing these patients because one act of self-mutilation can disrupt the entire inpatient milieu. The authors present an approach to nursing care that focuses on working with patients to understand and develop a specific plan to curtail the self-mutilative behavior.
authors.affiliation: C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital, Topeka, KS.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pawlicki
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gaumer
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D001143:Arousal; D003379:Countertransference; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009740:Nursing Staff; D010379:Peer Group; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012648:Self Care; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000378:metabolism / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D013405:Suicide
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin; D004298:Dopamine