Deliberate Foreign Body Ingestion and Hopefulness Across
Clinical Settings: An Under-Appreciated, but Significant, Non-Suicidal
Self-Injury
Author(s):
Gagandeep Singh, Theodore A. Petti, Michael
Gara, Barbara K. Snyder and Mark Rosato Pages 229 - 236 ( 8 )
Abstract:
Background: Deliberate Foreign Body Ingestion
(DFBI) is a form of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). DFBI is a problem in
longer-term care psychiatric facilities but is poorly detailed in clinical and
general pediatric populations. Hopefulness is a construct that may prove...