title: Genital self-mutilation in an attempt of suicide by a patient with a borderline personality.
abstract: Self-mutilation acts are known to characterize the borderline personality disorders. However, voluntary cutting of the male genital organ remains extremely rare. The present paper reports a case of a 25-years-old young male with a borderline personality. The patient committed a genital self-mutilation (GSM) targeting suicide during incarceration stage in jail. In addition, a discussion of the epidemiological and psychopathological aspects of the self-mutilation of borderline patients was been conducted. A particular interest is attributed to the genital self-mutilation and a review of the literature is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Ibn-Alhassan Hospital, University Hospital of Fez, Fez, Morocco ; Clinical Neurosciences Laboratory, Fez, Morocco.
authors.forename: Rachid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aalouane
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rammouz
authors.forename: Hicham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hafidi
authors.forename: Saïd
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boujraf
keywords: Borderline; genital self-mutilation; personality disorders
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