CHICAGO – Minimally invasive, image-guided treatment is a safe and precise method for removal of self-inflicted foreign objects from the body, according to the first report on "self-embedding disorder ...

Self-embedding is an extreme form of self-injury, in which people (typically adolescents) insert objects into their body parts to deliberately hurt themselves or mutilate their bodies without ...

At a recent medical conference in Chicago, a team of radiologists from Nationwide Children’s Hospital presented intriguing X-ray evidence of a psychological phenomenon — what they believed was a new ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some troubled teens are embedding nails, paper clips, bits of rock, glass and even crayons in their bodies as a way to cope with disturbing thoughts and feelings, U.S. researchers ...

Megan is 15 and sometimes she feels like the whole world is coming down on her. She worries about homework, social problems in school, and her future. Her parents are fighting again. Her dad might ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study this week, doctors describe a form of self-injury among teenagers called self-embedding, which involves inserting objects into the skin or muscle. The ...