Can masturbatory guilt lead to severe psychopathology: a case series.
Masturbation is common in all societies. Despite being common, it is admonished culturally and almost all religions prohibit masturbation and consider it an act of immorality. The prohibition for masturbation leads to a lot of cultural beliefs, including certain myths, which influence sexual behavior of the person. The impact of these common cultural myths associated with masturbation, are clinically understood as Dhat syndrome and masturbatory guilt. Although there is a reasonable literature on Dhat syndrome, there is limited literature with regard to masturbatory guilt especially linking the same with axis-I psychopathology. In this case series, three cases of masturbatory guilt are presented in whom masturbatory guilt was associated with manifestation of severe psychopathology. This report suggests that masturbatory guilt must be enquired for in patients presenting with severe mental disorder.
Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Jitender
J
Aneja
Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Sandeep
S
Grover
Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Ajit
A
Avasthi
Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Sudhir
S
Mahajan
Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Prabhakar
P
Pokhrel
Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Davuluri
D
Triveni
Masturbation; masturbatory guilt; psychopathology