title: [Preventive role of lithium in self-injurious behavior: a case report].
abstract: The authors report a case of 48 years old woman with mental retardation, followed for 30 years. She has conduct disorder and during this period we note a large number of self-injuries. She swallowed broken glasses, safety pins and once jumped from a bridge. The impulsiveness of these self-injuries is the main factor; they are not planned self-attempts. Lots of different treatments have been prescribed (neuroleptics, antidepressant serotonin uptake blockers and others) and it is only with the lithium that we could observe a period of 2 years without self-injuries. This case questions about the way of action of the lithium and about a possible specificity in the preventive action on conduct disorder with self-injurious behavior, on this type of patient.
authors.affiliation: Service Universitaire du Professeur Périvier, Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit, Poitiers.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fahs
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beauquier-Maccotta
mesh_terms: D018692:Antimanic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D018692:Antimanic Agents; D008094:Lithium
vernacular_title: Rôle du lithium dans la prévention des passages à l'acte auto-agressifs. A propos d'un cas.