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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, Arthur Guerra, de Andrade   +1 more
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Self-Inflicted Ocular Mutilation

American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1981
Self-inflicted mutilation of the eyes is an uncommon but fairly distinct entity. Patients are typically young men; they often have criminal records and histories of drug abuse. Underlying schizophrenia is a common feature. The patients frequently suffer from castration fears, oedipal conflicts, repressed homosexual impulses, severe guilt, and a need ...
H K, Yang, G C, Brown, L E, Magargal
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Self-Mutilation and Tourette's Disorder

Journal of Child Neurology, 1987
Tourette's disorder is a stereotyped movement disorder that carries with it the risk of self-mutilation. Two cases are presented in which children with Tourette's disorder mutilated themselves. Possible physiologic mechanisms by which self-mutilation occurs in patients with Tourette's disorder are reviewed and treatment strategies are discussed.
G L, Eisenhauer, R C, Woody
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Self-Mutilation

Southern Medical Journal, 1992
M D, Feldman, J M, Feldman
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Self-mutilation

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1983
J, Vela, J, Harris, J K, Wright, R A, Hardin, R B, Terry, R, Aquino   +5 more
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Self-Mutilation

Psychiatric Services, 1993
N N, Singh, C R, Ellis, R W, Ricketts, A B, Goza   +3 more
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Habitual Violence and Self-Mutilation

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1974
Thirty-seven percent of a group of 22 habitually violent patient/inmates were observed on admission to a special prison facility to have scars resulting from self-inflicted wounds. The author found that these men revealed considerable psychopathology beginning at an early age.
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Genital Self-Mutilation

Psychiatric Services, 1999
, Alao, , Yolles, , Armenta
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Self-mutilation: a systematic review

Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
Self-mutilation lesions can represent a clinical diagnosis challenge for healthcare professionals, as patients do not admit to self-mutilation. This leads to failed diagnoses due to the similarity of this condition to other diseases. Searches on the subject were carried out at the PubMed, Periódicos Capes, Scopus, Science Direct and WoS databases ...
Matheus, Medeiros Nunes, Caio Rodrigues, Maia, Paulo Roberto, de Andrade Santos, Antônio, de Lisboa Lopes Costa, Sérgio Adriane Bezerra, de Moura, Pedro Paulo, de Andrade Santos   +5 more
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Self-mutilation

Psychosomatics, 1987
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