Foreign objects in the vagina of a mentally ill woman: case series.
OBJECTIVE
Reports of the insertion of foreign objects to the vagina by psychiatric patients are scant. We present two such cases.


METHODS
Case I resulted from psychotic content and auditory command hallucinations. Case II -- the patient, in a manic state used her vagina as a hiding place for keys she stole from a staff member.


RESULTS
Both cases required gynecological intervention.


CONCLUSIONS
Medical cooperation between psychiatrists and gynecologists was necessary in order to achieve improvement in both the physical and mental conditions of the patients and in order to plan programs for continued care.
Melamed
Yuval
Y
Lev Hasharon Mental Health Center, Netanya 42100, Affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. ymelamed@post.tau.ac.il
Dalyahu
Yael
Y
Vaiman
Roman
R
Bzura
Georgina
G
Bleich
Avi
A
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D014621:Vagina