Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867415595289 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Self-enucleation of the right eye by a 38-year-old woman diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder: a case report.
BMC Psychiatry
November 2020
Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 23, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Background: Autoenucleation is a rare form of self-mutilation typically associated with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, substance-induced psychosis and bipolar disorder. The act is usually unilateral, although bilateral attempts are also well documented in the literature.
Case Presentation: It is a case study involving a female patient (NN) diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder who self-enucleated her right eye following sexual intercourse with a fellow patient, and was forcefully prevented by staff from enucleating the second eye.
Self-Enucleation and Severe Ocular Injury in the Psychiatric Setting.
Psychosomatics
January 2017
Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA.
Background: Although the first medically-reported case of auto-enucleation was described in the mid-19th century, ocular self-gouging has long been depicted in historical legend and mythology. Cases of enucleation have since been identified across various cultures. Though relatively uncommon, this major form of self-mutilation now afflicts approximately 500 individuals per year, and may present more commonly among certain clinical populations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAutoenucleation in the context of psychosis.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry
September 2015
Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Autoenucleation--a culture-specific phenomenon: a case series and review.
Compr Psychiatry
November 1998
Terrell State Hospital, TX, USA.
Cases of autoenucleation may provide a good example of the pathoplastic effects of culture. To further characterize this phenomenon, the author reviewed the medical literature and conducted a retrospective search of the local psychiatric hospital records. Medline search did not show a single case of autoenucleation in the non-European Christian culture.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!