Radiologists identify new self-embedding disorder plaguing teens

December 3, 2008 DiagnosticImaging.com. Radiologists identify new self-embedding disorder plaguing teens By Kristen Minogue A new kind of self-mutilation is creeping into the teenage population, one that involves inserting objects into the body, according to radiologist Dr. William E. Shiels, II, who presented the first study of the adolescent phenomenon at the RSNA conference Wednesday. Shiels, the chief of radiology at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH, calls it "self-embedding disorder." What sets it apart from other kinds of self-injury is the suicidal behavior he has noticed in 90% of the patients he has seen with it.

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