Female Genital Self-Mutilation

1 December 1973

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry

Vol. 29 (6) , 808-810
https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1973.04200060080012

Abstract

Repeated genital self-mutilation in a woman is described, associated with episodes of anorexia, bulimia, and a wide range of actingout behavior. This is discussed in the light of two cases previously reported in the literature and another case reported earlier, but little recognized. The relations between a possible syndrome of female genital self-mutilation, self-mutilation in general, and the dysorexia syndrome are explored.

Keywords

BEHAVIOR
GENITAL SELF MUTILATION
FEMALE
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
REPEATED GENITAL
REPORTED EARLIER
CASES PREVIOUSLY
DYSOREXIA SYNDROME

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The syndrome of delicate self‐cutting*
Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 1969