Self-inflicted wound

"Self-inflicted" redirects here. For other uses, see Self-inflicted (disambiguation).

A self-inflicted wound (SIW) or self-inflicted injury (SII) is a physical injury done to oneself. This may occur in contexts including:

• Suicide or suicide attempt^[1]
• Self-harm (non-suicidal self-injury)^[1]
• As a result of an organic brain syndrome^[2]: S82
• Pursuit of an ulterior motive, including:
  • To avoid military service^[3]: 96
• Self-surgery,^[2]: S82 including:
  • Autoenucleation
  • Self-inflicted caesarean section
  • Self-castration^[4]
• Body modification, including for ritual purposes^[3]: 71
• Autoeroticism^[2]: S82

While some sources use the terms to include accidental injury,^[5]: 408 others cast "self-inflicted" in opposition to "accidental".^[6][7][8]

The term is also used metaphorically, akin to "shooting oneself in the foot".

References

1. Crowell, Sheila E.; Kaufman, Erin A. (November 2016). "Development of self-inflicted injury: Comorbidities and continuities with borderline and antisocial personality traits". Development and Psychopathology. 28 (4pt1): 1071–1088. doi:10.1017/S0954579416000705. PMID 27739385. S2CID 25928512. Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via ResearchGate. Self-inflicted injury (SII) ... includes both suicidal and nonsuicidal self-harm behaviors
2. David, Joshua A.; Rifkin, William J.; Chiu, Ernest S. (December 2018). "Current Management of Self-Inflicted Wounds in Surgery: A Critical Review". Annals of Plastic Surgery. 81 (6S): S79–S88. doi:10.1097/SAP.0000000000001706. PMID 30383582. S2CID 53281359.
3. Favazza, Armando R. (2011). Bodies Under Siege: Self-mutilation, Nonsuicidal Self-injury, and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry. JHU Press. ISBN 9781421401119.
4. Johnson, Thomas W.; Irwig, Michael S. (May 2014). "The hidden world of self-castration and testicular self-injury". Nature Reviews Urology. 11 (5): 297–300. doi:10.1038/nrurol.2014.84. PMID 24709968. S2CID 7910868.
5. Carter, Gary L (April 1989). "Accidental firearms fatalities and injuries among recreational hunters". Annals of Emergency Medicine. 18 (4): 406–409. doi:10.1016/S0196-0644(89)80581-5. PMID 2650592.
6. Pompermaier, L; Elmasry, M; Steinvall, I (31 December 2019). "Self-inflicted burns in a National Swedish Burn Centre: an overview". Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters. 32 (4): 272–277. PMC 7197916. PMID 32431576.
7. Turco, Lauren; Cornell, David L.; Phillips, Bradley (August 2017). "Penetrating Bihemispheric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Collective Review of Gunshot Wounds to the Head". World Neurosurgery. 104: 653–659. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.068. PMID 28532914.
8. Clous, Emile; Beerthuizen, Kimberly; Ponsen, Kees Jan; Luitse, Jan; Olff, Miranda; Goslings, Carel (April 2017). "Trauma and psychiatric disorders: A systematic review". Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 82 (4): 794–801. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000001371. PMID 28129262. Some studies that focused on patients with self-inflicted injury revealed that mortality in this group is higher than for patients who sustain unintentional injury.