NEW YORK, May 11 (Reuters Life!) - "Embedding" is a severe form of self-injury among teenagers that involves inserting objects into the skin or muscle and appears to be linked to thoughts of suicide ...

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 ...

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," or self ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Using ultrasound and a minimally-invasive procedure, radiologists can identify and treat patients who engage in a disturbing self-injury behavior known as self-embedding, according ...

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 ...

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 ...

As with other adolescent issues, early assessment and intervention are best. Nurse practitioners (NPs) and other pediatric providers should assess for all forms of DSH, including self-embedding, ...