Bennum I
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 1983 Summer;13(2):71-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1983.tb00006.x.
The presence of depression and hostility among self-mutilating patients is investigated. Mutilators, depressives and controls comprised the research samples. Non-significant differences in intropunitive hostility and depression were found between the clinical groups. Specific item differences in the depression assessment indicated a definite qualitative rather than quantitative difference in depressive symptomatology between the clinical groups. The interaction between hostility and depression and the implications for management based on these results is discussed.