Severe self-mutilation among Kenyan psychotics.
Four case reports are presented of psychotic patients seen in clinical practice in Nairobi over a period of one year, who inflicted serious bodily harm to themselves during that period. Possible psychopathological basis for this self-damage is briefly considered. A review of the literature reveals paucity of similar reports from Africa and the third world. Reasons for this paucity are hard to come by.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*