Self-cutting after rape

Am J Psychiatry. 1989 Jun;146(6):789-90. doi: 10.1176/ajp.146.6.789.

Abstract

The authors present three cases of women who began to cut themselves superficially after they had been raped. To the authors' knowledge, no such findings have been reported in the current literature on short- and long-term effects of rape.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Rape*
  • Self Mutilation / etiology*
  • Skin / injuries
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / etiology*