Researchers study 'self-embedding disorder' among teens

December 3rd, 2008 By Deborah L. Shelton

Researchers evaluating a new technique for locating and removing objects accidentally embedded in the body say they may have uncovered a new form of self-mutilating behavior in which teenagers intentionally insert objects into their flesh.

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