Journal article
Self-Injurious Behavior in a Patient With Dementia: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Abstract
Self-injurious behavior (SIB) has frequently been associated with psychiatric illness and neurological lesions as means of reducing tension or diverting from pain. However, these explanations did not capture the complexity of SIB in the case of Mr. X, a 62-year-old patient who ingested his fingers in his sleep where cognitive testing was valuable in informing diagnosis. Mr. X's SIB was severe enough that he had chewed beyond the middle phalanx …
Authors
Gardizi E; MacKillop E; Gaind G
Journal
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. 207, No. 1, pp. 6–11
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
January 2019
DOI
10.1097/nmd.0000000000000924
ISSN
0022-3018