Citation

Aalouane R, Rammouz I, Hafidi H, Boujraf S. J. Neurosci. Rural Pract. 2013; 4(2): 199-203.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Ibn-Alhassan Hospital, University Hospital of Fez, Fez, Morocco ; Clinical Neurosciences Laboratory, Fez, Morocco.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/0976-3147.112769

PMID

23914106

Abstract

Self-mutilation acts are known to characterize the borderline personality disorders. However, voluntary cutting of the male genital organ remains extremely rare. The present paper reports a case of a 25-years-old young male with a borderline personality. The patient committed a genital self-mutilation (GSM) targeting suicide during incarceration stage in jail. In addition, a discussion of the epidemiological and psychopathological aspects of the self-mutilation of borderline patients was been conducted. A particular interest is attributed to the genital self-mutilation and a review of the literature is presented.

Language: en