Rare case report of Van Gogh syndrome in a patient with paranoid schizophrenia

AbstractSelf-mutilation is often associated with psychiatric disorders. We describe here a 22-year-old male Indian with decreased sleep, aggressive behaviour, self-muttering, disorganised behaviour, frequent spitting, biting and self-mutilation; he bit off his right ring finger and left thumb (Van G...

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Main Authors: Vijay Niranjan, Varchasvi Mudgal, Pali Rastogi, Ramghulam Razdan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-03-01
Series:General Psychiatry
Online Access:https://gpsych.bmj.com/content/33/1/e100095.full