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The British Journal of Psychiatry 172: 385-388 (1998)
© 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Self-injurious behaviour as part of genetic syndromes

S Deb
Division of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff. Deb@Cardiff.ac.uk

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this paper is to review the association between genetic syndromes and self-injurious behaviour. METHOD: The information available from the literature on the subject of self- injurious behaviours and genetic syndromes was collated and presented with a critical appraisal. RESULTS: Self-injurious behaviours are associated with some genetic syndromes. However, the causal relationship between the genetic syndromes and the self-injurious behaviour remains far from clear. CONCLUSIONS: Although self-injurious behaviour has been shown to be the part of a broader phenotype in many genetic disorders, the specificity and sensitivity of these behaviours in this context remain unclear.


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