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Genital self‐mutilation

International Journal of Urology, 2006
Abstract  A 53‐year‐old man was brought to the emergency department having removed both testicles and amputated his penis using a bread knife. Examination of the amputated penis showed it to be unsuitable for an attempted replant procedure. The patient was taken to theatre where the perineal wound was debrided and the remaining urethra brought down as ...
Helen, Stunell   +3 more
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Genital Self-Mutilation

Journal of Urology, 1993
We report a series of 14 patients with 19 self-inflicted genital injuries during a period of 10 years. Of the patients 65% were psychotic and 35% were not psychotic. Repeated attempts at genital self-mutilation occurred in 31% of the cases, mainly in the psychotic group. A history of alcohol and/or drug abuse was present in 55% of the cases.
S, Aboseif, R, Gomez, J W, McAninch
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COMPULSIVE SELF-MUTILATION

THE JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE, 1970
Self-mutilation as a compulsive act is rare; self-inflicted injury to the eyes, other than enucleation, is also rare. Only two instances of eye banging, similar to that of the patient whose history was presented, were found in the world literature. While the patient's disorder descriptively and psy-
J L, Stinnett, M H, Hollender
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Self‐mutilation

British Journal of Medical Psychology, 1978
A controlled study of self-mutilators found them to be significantly more introverted, neurotic and hostile. They report excessive physical punishment in childhood, sado-masochistic fantasies and more suicidal attempts.
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Self-Mutilating Behavior

American Journal of Nursing, 1997
TOPIC. The phenomenon of self‐mutilating behnvior. PURPOSE. Self‐mutilating behavior (SMB) creates serious management problems in psychiatric settings and typically begins in adolescence. In order to plan and provide effective nursing interventions, it is necessary nurses be knowledgeable about the phenomenon.
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Cannabis use and genital self-mutilation: an update of case reports.

Rivista di psichiatria, 2015
We reported and compared two case reports of genital self-mutilation with concurrent increasing psychotic symptoms resulting from substance abuse such as cannabis and alcohol.
S. Vender   +4 more
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Transsexual Genital Self-Mutilation

American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology, 2005
Most genital self-mutilations in nonpsychotic patients are found in transsexuals, and premeditation of sex-conversion surgery is the main objective. In this paper, we will describe the case of a male-to-female transsexual who took out his testes as a way to facilitate the surgery and to circumvent the Brazilian laws.
Danilo Antonio, Baltieri   +1 more
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Male Genital Self-mutilation

Archives of General Psychiatry, 1979
Men who intentionally mutilate or remove their own genitals are likely to be psychotic at the time of the act, to have a number of goals and aims relating to conflicts about the male role, and to be vulnerable to sociocultural and psychological forces in a causal network as yet unknown. However, from a review of the cases of 53 male self-mutilators, it
H, Greilsheimer, J E, Groves
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Female habitual self‐mutilators

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1989
ABSTRACT– Data are presented on 240 female habitual self‐mutilators. The typical subject is a 28‐year‐old Caucasian who first deliberately harmed herself at age 14. Skin cutting is her usual practice, but she has used other methods such as skin burning and self‐hitting, and she has injured herself on at least 50 occasions. Her decision to self‐mutilate
A R, Favazza, K, Conterio
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Nonpsychotic genital self-mutilation

Urology, 1985
The case of a sixty-four-year-old man who progressively created a penoscrotal hypospadias on himself is presented. Although genital self-mutilation is normally considered symptomatic of deep psychotic disturbance, the details and evaluation of this case would classify it as nonpsychotic, though unusual behavior.
S P, Wan, D W, Soderdahl, E M, Blight
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