Self-Enucleation and Psychosis
- 1 February 1976
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry
- Vol. 33 (2) , 242-9
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1976.01770020076012
Abstract
We report two cases of self-enucleation and the case histories of the two schizophrenic men who carried out this drastic form of self-mutilation. In a review of the literature and consideration of the case material, it is concluded that castration fears, failure to resolve oedipal conflicts, repressed homosexual impulses, severe guilt, and self-punishment are ubiquitous phenomena in such cases. However, we conclude that psychosis, most probably schizophrenia, with a severe disturbance in body image, are necessary variables in the act of self-enucleation.Keywords
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