From psychiatric symptom to diagnostic category: Self-harm from the Victorians to DSM-5

History of Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 148-165

  Gilman, Sander L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body modification; cutting; non suicidal self injury; self harm; self mutilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877936437     PISSN: 0957154X     EISSN: 17402360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957154X13478082     Document Type: Article

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