1998
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1998.00448.x
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Severe morbid onychophagia: the classification as self-mutilation and a proposed model of maintenance

Abstract: There is a need for empirical research as to the tension-reducing nature of severe onychophagia.

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“…Treatments that have been designed for various nervous habits have been effective in the management ofmild onychophagia (1, 7,8) but not for the severe form (5). Severe onychophagia can be considered a different be" haviour altogether because of the degree of self-harm in· volved (9). Various reports have demonstrated serious medical complications associated with the severe form of onychophagia, including bleeding, infection, scarring, and significant pain (5,(10)(11)(12)(13), which are not present in the mild form.…”
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“…Treatments that have been designed for various nervous habits have been effective in the management ofmild onychophagia (1, 7,8) but not for the severe form (5). Severe onychophagia can be considered a different be" haviour altogether because of the degree of self-harm in· volved (9). Various reports have demonstrated serious medical complications associated with the severe form of onychophagia, including bleeding, infection, scarring, and significant pain (5,(10)(11)(12)(13), which are not present in the mild form.…”
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“…The tension-reduction model of self-mutilation may be usefully applied to the severe form of onychophagia (9). This model suggests that self-mutilation acts as a drive-reduction mechanism (15).…”
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