GENITAL SELF-MUTILATION IN DEPRESSION: A CASE REPORT

Genital self-mutilation is a rare severe form of self-injurious behaviour usually described in psychotic disorders with delusions & hallucinations. It has been ascribed to sexual conflicts, body image distortion, internalized aggression and suicidal intent. This phenomenon has been described in...

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Autores principales: Rao, K. Nagaraja, Bharathi, G., Chate, Sameeran
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21206588
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author Rao, K. Nagaraja
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description Genital self-mutilation is a rare severe form of self-injurious behaviour usually described in psychotic disorders with delusions & hallucinations. It has been ascribed to sexual conflicts, body image distortion, internalized aggression and suicidal intent. This phenomenon has been described in schizophrenia, affective psychosis, alcohol intoxication and personality disorders. In the present case genital self-mutilation in a case of Major-Depressive Disorder in an 82 yrs old male is being reported and psychosocial factors are discussed. This case has some unusual features.
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spelling pubmed-29544042011-01-04 GENITAL SELF-MUTILATION IN DEPRESSION: A CASE REPORT Rao, K. Nagaraja Bharathi, G. Chate, Sameeran Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Genital self-mutilation is a rare severe form of self-injurious behaviour usually described in psychotic disorders with delusions & hallucinations. It has been ascribed to sexual conflicts, body image distortion, internalized aggression and suicidal intent. This phenomenon has been described in schizophrenia, affective psychosis, alcohol intoxication and personality disorders. In the present case genital self-mutilation in a case of Major-Depressive Disorder in an 82 yrs old male is being reported and psychosocial factors are discussed. This case has some unusual features. Medknow Publications 2002 /pmc/articles/PMC2954404/ /pubmed/21206588 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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GENITAL SELF-MUTILATION IN DEPRESSION: A CASE REPORT
title GENITAL SELF-MUTILATION IN DEPRESSION: A CASE REPORT
title_full GENITAL SELF-MUTILATION IN DEPRESSION: A CASE REPORT
title_fullStr GENITAL SELF-MUTILATION IN DEPRESSION: A CASE REPORT
title_full_unstemmed GENITAL SELF-MUTILATION IN DEPRESSION: A CASE REPORT
title_short GENITAL SELF-MUTILATION IN DEPRESSION: A CASE REPORT
title_sort genital self-mutilation in depression: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21206588
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