Self-Inflicted Eye-Injuries
- 1 November 1987
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 151 (5), 691-693
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.151.5.691
Abstract
Three cases of self-inflicted eye injuries are described and discussed. A review of the literature shows that several psychiatric diagnoses have been assigned to those who mutilate their eyes, and various unconscious mechanisms proposed to explain this unusual phenomenon.Keywords
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