Ultrasound Provides New options For Self-embedding Patients.

In a new study, ultrasound scanning was used as a minimally-invasive technique for detection and treatment of a behavioral disorder called self-embedding, where patients tend to cause injuries to themselves. The findings of the study will be highlighted in the online edition and October print issue of the journal Radiology.
William E. Shiels II, D.O., chairman of the Department of Radiology at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and president of The Children's Radiological Institute, and the senior author of the study, said "This is a new way for radiologists to impact public and mental health. Radiologists can be in a position to interrupt a cycle of self-harm with effective, early diagnosis and referral for appropriate behavioral health and foreign body removal." Self-harm or self-embedding is refers to a condition where patient tends to inflict injuries to his/her body without intending to commit suicide. Patients tend to insert objects into their recently made wounds.