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An Ethological Approach to Self-Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ivor H. Jones  and
Brett A. Daniels
Ivor H. Jones*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania
Brett A. Daniels
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania
*
Professor I. Jones, Department of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania, 43 Collins St, Hobart, 7000, Australia
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 169 , Issue 3 , September 1996 , pp. 263 - 267
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Copyright © 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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