SELF-INFLICTED INTRACRANIAL INJURY

Authors
PURI BK ELDOSOKY A BARRETT JS
Citation
Bk. Puri et al., SELF-INFLICTED INTRACRANIAL INJURY, British Journal of Psychiatry, 164, 1994, pp. 841-842
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
British Journal of Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071250
Volume
164
Year of publication
1994
Pages
841 - 842
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1250(1994)164:<841:SII>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A man suffering from persecutory delusions attempted to commit suicide by holding the head of a three-inch masonry nail against a wall and h ead-butting its point until he had driven it fully into his forehead.