Living on the edge: The current phenomenon of self-mutilation in adolescents

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-19

  Derouin, Anne ^a   Bravende, Terill ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent coping mechanisms; Adolescents; Self harm; Self mutilation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGITATION; ANXIETY; AUTOMUTILATION; CLASSIFICATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; CRYING; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY LIFE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NAUSEA; NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VIOLENCE; XEROSTOMIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FAMILY RELATION; MATERNAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SELF MUTILATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4644239587     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200401000-00004     Document Type: Review

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