title: Genital Self-mutilation in a Case of First Episode Psychosis.
abstract: Genital self-mutilation (GSM) is a much rare finding and more commonly associated with psychosis when it comes to comparison with self-mutilation as a whole. There have been anecdotal case reports of GSM in psychotic disorders with most of them being in long standing psychoses. We describe herein a case of GSM during the first episode of psychosis where multiple phenomenological variables were seen responsible for the act.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Anuj
authors: A
authors: Khandelwal
authors: Department of Psychiatry, B. J. Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Khushboo
authors: K
authors: Chauhan
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Avinash
authors: A
authors: De Sousa
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Sushma
authors: S
authors: Sonavane
authors: Department of Psychiatry, B. J. Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Alka
authors: A
authors: Pawar
keywords: First episode psychosis; genital self-mutilation; self-mutilation