TWO CASE REPORTS OF SELF-MUTILATION OR VAN GOGH SYNDROME

TWO CASE REPORTS OF SELF-MUTILATION OR VAN GOGH SYNDROME

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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
Subjects:
Borderline personality disorder
castration
genital self-mutilation
major depressive disorder
Van Ghogh Syndrome
Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/64.pdf&manuscript_id=64
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spelling doaj-de7a2afad3aa4629af4b05fa24d045d52020-11-25T04:03:53ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesActa Medica Iranica0044-60252003-07-014131991TWO CASE REPORTS OF SELF-MUTILATION OR VAN GOGH SYNDROMEB. VafaeeStudies 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 own hands, or commit suicide. This report introduces two psychiatric men, aged 40 and 47, who had undergone surgical operations in Urology Department of Imam-Khomeini Hospital, Tabriz, Iran, because of self-amputating their penis and, on discharge from Urology Ward, were referred to Razi Psychiatric Center for psychiatric consultation. Our assessment revealed that one of these patients was affected with psychotic-type major depressive disorder and the other with borderline personality disorder. Such cases of self-mutilating behavior emphasize the significance of recognizing the alarming signs of self-mutilation.http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/64.pdf&manuscript_id=64Borderline personality disordercastrationgenital self-mutilationmajor depressive disorderVan Ghogh Syndrome
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TWO CASE REPORTS OF SELF-MUTILATION OR VAN GOGH SYNDROME
Acta Medica Iranica
Borderline personality disorder
castration
genital self-mutilation
major depressive disorder
Van Ghogh Syndrome
author_facet B. Vafaee
author_sort B. Vafaee
title TWO CASE REPORTS OF SELF-MUTILATION OR VAN GOGH SYNDROME
title_short TWO CASE REPORTS OF SELF-MUTILATION OR VAN GOGH SYNDROME
title_full TWO CASE REPORTS OF SELF-MUTILATION OR VAN GOGH SYNDROME
title_fullStr TWO CASE REPORTS OF SELF-MUTILATION OR VAN GOGH SYNDROME
title_full_unstemmed TWO CASE REPORTS OF SELF-MUTILATION OR VAN GOGH SYNDROME
title_sort two case reports of self-mutilation or van gogh syndrome
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series Acta Medica Iranica
issn 0044-6025
publishDate 2003-07-01
description 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 own hands, or commit suicide. This report introduces two psychiatric men, aged 40 and 47, who had undergone surgical operations in Urology Department of Imam-Khomeini Hospital, Tabriz, Iran, because of self-amputating their penis and, on discharge from Urology Ward, were referred to Razi Psychiatric Center for psychiatric consultation. Our assessment revealed that one of these patients was affected with psychotic-type major depressive disorder and the other with borderline personality disorder. Such cases of self-mutilating behavior emphasize the significance of recognizing the alarming signs of self-mutilation.
topic Borderline personality disorder
castration
genital self-mutilation
major depressive disorder
Van Ghogh Syndrome
url http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/64.pdf&manuscript_id=64
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