Self-inflicted eye injuries.

نویسندگان

  • R Brown
  • M A al-Bachari
  • K K Kambhampati
چکیده

Five cases of self-inflicted eye injury are described and discussed. A review of the literature shows that several psychiatric diagnoses have been assigned to people who damage their eyes. A variety of mechanisms to explain this phenomenon are described.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of ophthalmology

دوره 75 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1991