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 o...

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Main Author: B. Vafaee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2003-07-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/64.pdf&manuscript_id=64