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Self-inflicted Intracranial Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

B. K. Puri ,
A. El-Dosoky  and
J. S. Barrett
B. K. Puri*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, St Dunstan's Road, London W6 8RP
A. El-Dosoky
Affiliation:
Charing Cross and Westminster Rotation, London
J. S. Barrett
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A man suffering from persecutory delusions attempted to commit suicide by holding the head of a three-inch masonry nail against a wall and head-butting its point until he had driven it fully into his forehead.

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Short papers
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 164 , Issue 6 , June 1994 , pp. 841 - 842
Copyright
Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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