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Minor Self-Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Brian R. Ballinger*
Affiliation:
Dundee Psychiatric Service; Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Liff, By Dundee

Extract

Self-injury is a frequent occurrence in both mentally subnormal and mentally ill patients. The aim of this study was to determine its prevalence and nature in hospital populations of such individuals.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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