The chronic deafferentation syndrome includes a complex pattern of abnormal self-directed
behavior and a stress response. Subhuman self-mutilation is a secondary consequence of
the chronic deafferentation syndrome. The evidence indicates that the chronic
deafferentation syndrome in subhumans is avalid model for the induced and the
spontaneous dysesthesias in humans. Objective criteria for the definition of subhuman
dysesthesias have been derived from independent sources of evidence, in neurally intact …