title: Psychiatric implications of tattoos.
abstract: Psychiatric disorders, such as antisocial personality disorder, drug or alcohol abuse and borderline personality disorder, are frequently associated with tattoos. Finding a tattoo on physical examination should alert the physician to the possibility of an underlying psychiatric condition.
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Raspa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cusack
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D010551:Personality; D012649:Self Concept; D013653:Tattooing / Q000523:psychology*