MALE GENITAL SELF-MUTILATION - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
SHIMIZU A MIZUTA I
Citation
A. Shimizu et I. Mizuta, MALE GENITAL SELF-MUTILATION - A CASE-REPORT, British Journal of Medical Psychology, 68, 1995, pp. 187-189
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Psycology, Clinical",Psychiatry,Psychology
Journal title
British Journal of Medical Psychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071129
Volume
68
Year of publication
1995
Part
2
Pages
187 - 189
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1129(1995)68:<187:MGS-AC>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A review of the literature on self-mutilation of male genitalia and/or auto-castration reveals that they are infrequent and usually related to psychoses or toxic states. In this report the authors present a cas e of a 17-year-old non-psychotic Japanese male who mutilated his genit alia under clear consciousness because of a conflict over his frequent masturbation.