Genital self-mutilation in males: psychodynamic anatomy of a psychosis.
This paper describes a man who mutilated his genitals while psychotic. His personal case history is analyzed and compared to the findings earlier described in similar patients. The present article attempts to make a psychotic process understandable both in light of the individual patient's history and in light of shared common unconscious themes.
D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009919:Orchiectomy; D010413:Penis / Q000293:injuries*; D012557:Schizoid Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000523:psychology*