Name the three major categories of self-inflicted skin lesions. What differentiates them?- Obsessive-compulsive disorders: Patients acknowledge being driven to self-inflict skin lesions through conscious repetitive action.
- Dermatitis artefacta, or factitious dermatitis: Patients self-inflict skin lesions but adamantly deny doing so. The motive for their actions remains unclear. Although they are conscious of what they are doing, patients are unable to change their behavior easily.
- Malingering: Patients consciously and deceitfully self-inflict skin lesions for a goal that is recognizable when circumstances are known. The behavior may or may not eventually be acknowledged, but patients can stop producing the symptoms when they are no longer useful to them.
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