A Follow-Up Study of Wrist Slashers

SCOTT H. NELSON and HENRY GRUNEBAUMAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127, Number 10

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.10.1345

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More than half the patients in this sample of 19 wrist slashers were well, or at least improved, five to six years after their initial hospital contacts. The authors attribute the improvement in these patients to an increased ability to verbalize feelings, the use of constructive action at times of emotional crisis, and the control of psychotic delusions through psychiatric follow-up and medication.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127 • Number 10 • April 1971

Pages: 1345 - 1349

PubMed: 5549925

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Published in print: April 1971

Published online: 1 April 2006

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SCOTT H. NELSON

Special Assistant for Mental Health, Office of the Administrator, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Rockville, Md.

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HENRY GRUNEBAUM

Special Assistant for Mental Health, Office of the Administrator, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Rockville, Md.

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A Follow-Up Study of Wrist Slashers

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