Diseases

Self Mutilation

The act of injuring one's own body to the extent of cutting off or permanently destroying a limb or other essential part of a body.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The act of injuring one's own body to the extent of cutting off or permanently destroying a limb or other essential part of a body.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Autotomy Human
  • Self Mutilating Behavior
  • Autotomy Humans
  • Behavior, Self Mutilating
  • Mutilating Behavior, Self
  • Mutilation, Self
  • Self Mutilating Behaviors

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31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR is also available

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Self Mutilation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012652. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012652
  2. Self Mutilation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67569586