Case of Persistent Self-Mutilation

A case of genital self-mutilation.

A case of self-mutilation presenting as haemoptysis.

two case reports of self-mutilation or van gogh syndrome

studies have shown that there are psychiatric patients who tend to aggressively mutilate themselves; they burn or in most cases attempt to burn themselves, attempt to severely damage their genital organs (especially amputate their penis), castrate themselves, axtract their own eyes, amputate their own hands, or commit suicide. this report introduces two psychiatric men, aged 40 and 47, who had ...

Oedipism reviewed: a case of bilateral ocular self-mutilation.

A 26-year-old Negro male schizophrenic is described with severe bilateral orbital injuries following attempted self-enucleation. Owing to his psychosis there was difficulty in obtaining a visual acuity and in establishing the cause of his fixed, dilated pupils. ACT scan showed bilateral orbital oedema, with surgical emphysema and haemorrhage. The visual evoked potential (VEP) was present in the...

Genital Self Mutilation

A case of genital self mutilation in schizophrenia is described and its psychopathology discussed.