Classification of secret self-injury behavior and development of an alternative proposal
Willenberg, H.
Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie 44(9-10): 331-336
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0937-2032 PMID: 7972651 Document Number: 430503
The existing efforts towards a classification of autodestructive behaviors are critically discussed. In this context the nowadays usual method of operationally defining clinical appearances is confronted with the traditional method of psychopathological phenomenology. Starting from this point of view the author suggests an alternative pattern for the classification of factitious disorders.