A rare case of complete male genital self-amputation posing challenges in the psychiatric diagnosis and management

Genital self-mutilation (GSM) is a rare phenomenon encountered mostly within the context of severe mental illness. The following case report highlights a rare case of self-inflicted total penile self-amputation in a patient with a psychiatric history of polydrug abuse and attention deficit disorder...

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Main Authors: Fotios Tsanakalis, Abdullah Almadhyan, Despina Flondell-Sité
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
GSM
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021014523