title: Self- enucleation of eyes in schizophrenia- an unusual mode of deliberate self harm.
abstract: Self inflicted injury to the eyes including self-enucleation is a rare phenomenon. The authors describe a case of bilateral self-enucleation in a patient with paranoid schizophrenia. A review of literature shows that self-enucleation is correlated with moral, religious and psychodynamic paradigms and various unconscious mechanisms have been proposed to explain this unusual behaviour.
authors.affiliation: P.N. SURESH KUMAR, M.D., D.P.M., D.N.B.(Psych.), M.N.A.M.S., Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Department of Ophthalmology Medical College, Kozhikode-673009.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Subramanian
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Koyamu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar