title: Foreign objects in the vagina of a mentally ill woman: case series.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Lev Hasharon Mental Health Center, Netanya 42100, Affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. ymelamed@post.tau.ac.il
authors.forename: Yuval
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Melamed
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dalyahu
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vaiman
authors.forename: Georgina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bzura
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bleich
mesh_terms: 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