Open AccessGenital Self-mutilation in a Case of First Episode Psychosis
Author(s) -
Anuj Khandelwal,
Khushboo Chauhan,
Avinash De Sousa,
Sushma Sonavane,
Alka Pawar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.185951
Subject(s) - psychosis , sex organ , psychiatry , gsm , psychology , medicine , biology , telecommunications , computer science , genetics
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.