Auto-mutilation in animals and its relevance to self-injury in man.

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MOCA Reference, APE

Publication Type: Journal Article

Authors: Jones, I H; Barraclough, B M

Year of Publication: 1978

Journal: Acta Psychiatr Scand

Volume: 58

Issue: 1

Pagination: 40-7

Date Published: 07/1978

Publication Language: eng

ISSN: 0001-690X

Keywords: Aggression, Animals, Animals, Laboratory, Animals, Zoo, Behavior, Animal, Cats, Haplorhini, Humans, Macaca, Mammals, Mice, Rats, Self Mutilation, Social Isolation, Suicide

Abstract:

Self-mutilation in non-human mammals is a well-established, although not a widely known phenomenon, which has been reported under zoo and laboratory conditions. In macaque monkeys, laboratory rearing and isolation are important predisposing factors, and the more serious self-injury is initiated by some immediate stimulating event. It is commonly accompanied by behaviour normally shown by the animal in a fighting context. Lower mammals are also known to mutilate themselves under laboratory conditions after administration of drugs wich probably cause increased sympathetic activity. The implications of this behaviour for an understanding of states of self-injury in man are discussed.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/99981?dopt=Abstract

Alternate Journal: Acta Psychiatr Scand

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