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Genital self-mutilation in a case of first episode psychosis

Authors :
Anuj Khandelwal
Khushboo Chauhan
Avinash De Sousa
Sushma Sonavane
Alka Pawar
Source :
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, Vol 38, Iss 4, Pp 361-363 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
SAGE Publishing, 2016.

Abstract

Genital self-mutilation (GSM) is a much rare finding and more commonly associated with psychosis when it comes to comparison with self-mutilation as a whole. There have been anecdotal case reports of GSM in psychotic disorders with most of them being in long standing psychoses. We describe herein a case of GSM during the first episode of psychosis where multiple phenomenological variables were seen responsible for the act.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02537176
Volume :
38
Issue :
4
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.04a531c8d0c64bea821a03019879b9e4
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.185951