Doctors urged to routinely screen for self-injury

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 18:51 in Health & Medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- Young adults self mutilate to cope with emotional pain, independent of other mental illness, finds Janis Whitlock, who urges doctors and nurses to routinely screen for evidence of such behaviors.

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