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Amphetamine usage and genital self‐mutilation
Author(s) -
Israel Joshua A.,
Lee Kewchang
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00230.x
Subject(s) - amphetamine , psychosis , addiction , etiology , sex organ , psychiatry , medicine , psychology , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , medical emergency , biology , genetics , dopamine
Amphetamine usage has been associated with addiction, psychosis and self‐injurious behavior. We report on two patients who severely and repeatedly mutilated their own genitalia while intoxicated on amphetamines and consider possible diagnostic etiologies.