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Self-Inflicted Eye-Injuries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Tim Rogers  and
Ian Pullen
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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.

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Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 5 , November 1987 , pp. 691 - 693
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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