Offer, D., Barglow, P. 1960. Adolescent and young adult self-mutilation incidents in a general psychiatric hospital. Archives of General Psychiatry 3, 194-204.
There were a variety of self-mutilation techniques, and the results ranged in severity from mild scratch to deep lacerations made with razor blades that required sutures. Attention seeking was a major motivation behind self-mutation behavior.
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1960